Tragacanth Gum Powder

HEROCHEM Shanghai Traghacanth Gum Powder (Tragacanth Gum, Pure Tragacanth Gum Powder)

Product Name: Tragacanth Gum Powder
Alias: Tragacanth Gum, Pure Tragacanth Gum Powder
Source: Natural exudate from the plant Astragalus gummifer Labillardie
Quality Standards: Complies with British Pharmacopoeia (BP 98), United States Pharmacopoeia (USP XXIII), Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), and certified by the European Community Food Additive Standard (E413).
Company Name: Shanghai HEROCHEM Bio-Tech Co., Ltd.
Order Hotline: 021-58796960

I. Product Overview

Tragacanth gum powder is a natural high-molecular substance extracted from the natural plant tragacanth. After refining, it appears as a white to creamy white fine powder. It is colorless, odorless, edible, and has a slippery texture. Tragacanth gum powder is widely used in industry and daily life, especially in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries, serving as a thickener, emulsifier, and suspending agent with excellent stability and versatility.

II. Physicochemical Properties

• Appearance: White to creamy white fine powder
• Loss on Drying: ＜12%
• Viscosity: 400-600 centipoise
• pH (1% aqueous solution, 25°C): 4-5
• Heavy Metals: ＜40 ppm
• Total Ash: ＜4.0%

III. Features and Functions

1. Natural High-Molecular Properties: Tragacanth gum powder has good solubility in water and forms stable gel-like substances. Its 1% aqueous solution, after full hydration, presents a smooth, milky, thick gel state without adhesiveness.
2. Strong Stability: Tragacanth gum powder maintains its gel characteristics even in low-acid environments (pH<2), making it suitable for oil-in-water emulsion stabilization systems without the need for additional surfactants.
3. Rheological Properties: The 1% aqueous solution of tragacanth gum powder exhibits pseudoplastic fluid characteristics, making it suitable for pipeline transportation applications.
4. Heat Resistance: Temperature changes have little effect on the viscosity of the gel solution. Viscosity temporarily decreases when heated but recovers to its initial value upon cooling.
5. Hydrophilicity and Stability: It has high hydrophilicity with an HLB value of 12, making it suitable for various emulsification systems.

IV. Main Application Areas

1. Pharmaceutical Industry:

   • Used as an emulsifying stabilizer in products such as cod liver oil, mineral oil, and fat-soluble vitamins.
   • Used as a drug suspension stabilizer, for example, in procaine chloramphenicol oral solutions.
   • Used as a water-soluble gel lubricant base, commonly found in products like contraceptive creams.

2. Cosmetics Industry:

   • Used as an oil-water stabilization system in high-end cosmetics, widely applied in hair creams and facial lotions (usage concentration 0.4%-0.8%).

3. Food Industry:

   • Used as an emulsifying stabilizer for acidic oil-water systems, such as in French and Russian salad dressings, other sauces, and sweet and sour sauces.

4. Other Industries:

   • Used as a thickener, suspending agent, water-retaining agent, and film-forming agent, offering multiple functions and wide applications in daily chemical products and industrial manufacturing.

V. Usage Methods

1. Preparation Method: First, dissolve the tragacanth gum powder in an appropriate amount of water to prepare a gel solution. Then let it stand for 10-20 hours to allow full hydration of the gum.
2. Acidic Environment Adjustment: If used under acidic conditions, adjust the pH to the appropriate range as needed.

VI. Storage and Packaging

• Storage Requirements: Tragacanth gum powder should be stored in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated place, kept sealed, and protected from moisture and high temperatures.
• Packaging Specifications: 25kg/bag. Customized packaging specifications are also available based on customer requirements.

VII. About Shanghai HEROCHEM Bio-Tech Co., Ltd.

Shanghai HEROCHEM Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in the research, development, production, and sales of natural plant extracts. We are committed to providing high-quality tragacanth gum powder and other products to global customers, widely used in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. With strict quality control and a customer-first service philosophy, we have gained widespread recognition from domestic and international clients.

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Tragacanth Gum, Pharmaceutical Grade Tragacanth Gum, Food Grade Tragacanth Gum. Tragacanth gum is also known as tragacanth gum powder. Our tragacanth gum is a pure natural extract, specifically pure tragacanth gum powder.