date:Oct 19, 2012
guar gum stems from the energy industrys use of it for horizontal drilling and well fracturing or fracking. As overall demand for guar gum rose from 250,000 metric tons per year to 480,000 metric tons per year (350,000 metric tons for the energy industry alone) over the past 24 months, food manufacturers and developers are interested in finding substitutes for what was once a relatively inexpensive and readily available hydrocolloid. It was this need that was the catalyst for this and other si