Guar gum: version 1
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| 1 | 1 | # Guar gum <!--ingredient--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Guar gum | |
| 5 | 5 | name.nb: Guarkjernemel | |
| 6 | + | e_number: E412 | |
| 7 | + | vegan: yes | |
| 8 | + | vegetarian: yes | |
| 9 | + | allergen: none | |
| 6 | 10 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 9 | − | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 10 | − | | ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 11 | − | | Guarkjernemel | search | nb | | | | |
| 13 | + | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 14 | + | | ------------- | -------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 15 | + | | E412 | e_number | | | | | |
| 16 | + | | Guarkjernemel | search | nb | | | | |
| 12 | 17 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 13 | 18 | ||
| 19 | + | ## Meta <!--meta--> | |
| 20 | + | title: Guar gum (E412) | |
| 21 | + | description: Guar gum, food additive E412: a galactomannan thickener and stabiliser milled from the endosperm of guar seeds. | |
| 22 | + | <!--/meta--> | |
| 23 | + | ||
| 14 | 24 | ## References <!--references--> | |
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| 17 | − | | slp-prod | https://www.stabburetleverpostei.no/produkter/leverpostei-100g/ | Stabburet Leverpostei: Leverpostei 100g, ingredients, nutrition and allergens | 2026-09-12 | Orkla Foods Norge AS | manufacturer | | | | | | | | |
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| 27 | + | | slp-prod | https://www.stabburetleverpostei.no/produkter/leverpostei-100g/ | Stabburet Leverpostei: Leverpostei 100g, ingredients, nutrition and allergens | 2026-09-14 | Orkla Foods Norge AS | manufacturer | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | + | | fsa | https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/approved-additives-and-e-numbers | Food Standards Agency: Approved additives and E numbers, E412 guar gum | 2026-09-14 | Food Standards Agency | registry | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | + | | eu231 | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/231/2020-12-31 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives, E 412 GUAR GUM (version of 31 December 2020) | 2026-09-14 | legislation.gov.uk | registry | 2012-03-09 | | | | | | | |
| 30 | + | | eu1169 | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/annex/II/2020-12-31 | Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex II: substances or products causing allergies or intolerances | 2026-09-14 | legislation.gov.uk | registry | 2011-10-25 | | | | | | | |
| 31 | + | | gs1dk | https://gdsnprodwebstorage.blob.core.windows.net/gdsnprodwebfileblob/ProductSheets/5790000716074/5790000716074/05704068550013/208/public/da-DK/summary.pdf | GS1 product data sheet, K-Salat Kartoffelsalat m. Creme Fraise 800 g, GTIN 05704068550013: "stabilisatorer: E412, E415, E466" | 2026-09-14 | GS1 Denmark | catalogue | | 05704068550013 | | | | | | |
| 18 | 32 | <!--/references--> | |
| 19 | 33 | ||
| 20 | 34 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 21 | − | A thickening agent milled from the guar bean. The current label of Stabburet Leverpostei declares it in Norwegian as "guarkjernemel", inside the thickener bracket "fortykningsmiddel (agar, guarkjernemel)", and the maker's own product page prints the same wording.[^slp-prod] Its E number and dietary classification have not been researched and are left blank rather than assumed. | |
| 35 | + | Guar gum is the ground endosperm of the seeds of the guar plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (L.) Taub., a legume; chemically a high-molecular-weight galactomannan, it thickens, stabilises and emulsifies. Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, which lays down the specifications for food additives authorised in the EU, carries that definition under the heading "E 412 GUAR GUM",[^eu231] and the Food Standards Agency's list of approved additives makes the same pairing, E412 guar gum, among the emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents.[^fsa] Labels use either form. The Danish GS1 data sheet for K-Salat Kartoffelsalat m. Creme Fraise declares it by number only, "stabilisatorer: E412, E415, E466",[^gs1dk] while Stabburet Leverpostei prints the Norwegian word inside the thickener bracket, "fortykningsmiddel (agar, guarkjernemel)".[^slp-prod] | |
| 36 | + | ||
| 37 | + | Because the specification defines the additive as ground seed endosperm and nothing else, it is recorded here as vegan and vegetarian.[^eu231] Guar is not among the fourteen substances Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires to be declared, so the allergen field is none.[^eu1169] Left open by this pass: published synonyms such as "guar flour", the additive's names in label languages other than Norwegian, and the maximum use levels per food category in the Union list of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. The European Commission's own additives database is a JavaScript application that server-side fetching cannot read, so the E number rests on the specification regulation and the FSA list, which agree. | |
| 22 | 38 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Guar gum <!--ingredient-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Guar gum
name.nb: Guarkjernemel
<!--/identity-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Guarkjernemel | search | nb | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| slp-prod | https://www.stabburetleverpostei.no/produkter/leverpostei-100g/ | Stabburet Leverpostei: Leverpostei 100g, ingredients, nutrition and allergens | 2026-09-12 | Orkla Foods Norge AS | manufacturer | | | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
A thickening agent milled from the guar bean. The current label of Stabburet Leverpostei declares it in Norwegian as "guarkjernemel", inside the thickener bracket "fortykningsmiddel (agar, guarkjernemel)", and the maker's own product page prints the same wording.[^slp-prod] Its E number and dietary classification have not been researched and are left blank rather than assumed.
<!--/about-->