PALGUM®

LOCUST BEAN GUM (LBG)

CAROB S.A. has developed PALGUM®, a high quality Locust Bean Gum obtained from carefully selected carob seed, dehusked and milled with the most advanced technology in natural gums manufacturing.

Locust bean gum belongs to a hydrocolloids group known as galactomannan. It comes from the carob seed endosperm. This seed consists of the husk, a central protein part (germ) and the endosperm from which the Locust Bean Gum is obtained.

Its chemical structure (long mannose chain with galactose lateral chains residues), gives the LBG a high thickening property, developing high viscosity solutions in water systems. It presents a unique synergism when it is combined with xanthan gum and with carrageenan, forming gels.