Locust Bean Gum or Carob Bean Gum is a natural food additive, used as a texturant, for its thickening and stabilizing properties and for its water-binding capacity.
VISCOGUM™ is a natural food additive used as a texturant, for its thickening and stabilizing properties, and for its water-binding capacity, in combination with gelling carrageenan, it increases the carrageenan gel strength. VISCOGUM™ is especially useful as a thickener in many food applications.
Our VISCOGUM™ range can be used in aqueous, dairy, plant-based dairy, or fruit media, with various total solid contents.
VISCOGUM™ range complies with the definition and specifications from JECFA (FAO/WHO), FDA (21 CFR), FCC 12th edition and EU Commission Regulation 231/2012 as amended. VISCOGUM™ Locust Bean Gum is also known as food additives E-410.
CAROBINGREDIENTS also offers LBG-VISCOGUM™ certified Organic.