The FDA has mentioned specific maximum usage levels for different types of food products, ranging from 0.35% in baked goods to 2% in processed vegetable juices.

It is a free-flowing powder along with white to yellow with a slight odor. Guar Gum is a type of galactomannan polysaccharide, or long chain of bonded carbohydrate molecules, and is composed of two sugars called mannose and galactose.