Guar gum and other gums
Also appears on labels as: guar gum, organic guar gum, xanthan gum, agar-agar, agar agar, hydroxyethylcellulose
Plant and microbial polysaccharides that thicken and stabilize.
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- Where it comes from
- Guar beans, seaweed, and bacterial fermentation for xanthan.
- Why it's in the product
- Texture and stability in wet food, and they keep gravy from separating.
- Safety and toxicity
- Safe. Guar is a soluble fiber that can loosen stool at high inclusion, which is a dose effect rather than a hazard. These are the thickeners we would rather see than carrageenan.
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Found in 160 scored products
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136 more scored products list this ingredient. Showing the 24 lowest-scoring.