Printing textiles | GREENING https://www.green-ingredients.com/en/ Couleurs & ingrédients naturels Produits & Services Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:56:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://www.green-ingredients.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Icon.jpg Printing textiles | GREENING https://www.green-ingredients.com/en/ 32 32 Guar gum https://www.green-ingredients.com/en/product/guar-gum/ Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:16:12 +0000 http://www.green-ingredients.com/?post_type=product&p=3939&lang=en Guar gum is a natural ingredient obtained by grinding seed endospermes of Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (L). Taub, a leguminous plant. It is a natural thickening, stabilizing and emulsifying agent also used in food under the name of guar flour (E 412).

The main and largest producer of guar is India.

Use :
Textile printing : the guar gum is the most common natural thickener for textile printing pastes (used with stamps, screenprinting, brush…).

Other uses : thickening and stabilizing in numerous industrial applications (paper, pharmacy, cosmetic), the biggest being food industry.

Products not intended for food.

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