Food Applications of Gum tragacanth
Gum tragacanth finds various food applications. These include:
- In dairy products, it functions as stabilizer in ice cream, ice pops and water ices, chocolate milk drinks, puddings and cheese.
- In bakery products (meringues, bakers' citrus oil emulsions, frozen pie fillings) dressings and sauces (salad dressing, syrups and toppings, white sauces and gravies), beverages (soft drink with fruit pulp, fruit juices and nectars, dry beverage mixes), confectionery products (candy gels and jellies, caramels, nougats, candy glaze, gum drops, jujubes, pastilles) and in various dietetic foods it has useful applications.