Tragacanth Applications in the Field of Food and Pharmaceutical Industry
March 16, 2018 at 05:56 AM EDT
Hyderabad, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/16/2018 -- Tragacanth is widely used as a stabilizing, viscosity improving agent in food emulsions. In keeping with the EC Food Regulation 231/2012, tragacanth is described as a dry exudation derived from the branches and stems of lines of Astragalus gummifer Labillardiere and other Asiatic species of Astragalus. Attributable to the excessive viscosity of tragacanth, it's far used as a stabilizer for acidic emulsions together with salad dressing with the growing call for tragacanth as a thickening agent inside the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
