Thorn the Indus gum (Gum karaya), General Characters: Appearance: light yellow to reddish powder, performance: thorn Indus plastic Luedaisuanwei natural macromolecular polysaccharide, the molecular weight of up to 9 million to Hamilton. Dissolve into a powder in water is not a true solution, but the great water-swelling gel (may be increased to 60-100 times the original volume, industrial applications: used as adhesive agents and suspending agent, stabilizer, gelling agent thickener pharmaceutical ----- for the production of reminders vent agent for oral administration: generally 8-30 the purpose of aerosol particles, coated with sugar, gum swelling in the body absorbent nearly a hundred times the volume and because they can not be digested by the body absorption, has a very effective reminder to vent function. food industry ---- stabilizer for cheese sauce, French color tablets sauce, etc.: The amount is generally less than 0.8%. product features function of the amount of frozen milk sweets holding agent, increasing thickeners can be given at the same time delicate taste 0.30% candy emulsifier thickener 0.30% 0.90% antacid salt seasoning sauce thickener stabilizer cheese binder and can avoid whey separation, increasing the coating performance of the cheese 0.6-1% inflation dairy products, can the stability of red Foam 0.50% baking flour products increased water holding capacity, slow aging, improve shelf-life of 0.40% pastry surface marked flowers and polishing 0.80% meat as a binder to hold agent and makes the meat taste delicate 0.30% of diet food soluble calorie diet composition (satiety) 1% Shelf life: in a cool dry sealing conditions: viscosity characteristics increase with storage time, which is due to acidic groups do not volatile results.