ABSTRACT

Introduction ...........................................................................................................80 Dietary Gums ...............................................................................................80 Guar Gum ..................................................................................................... 81

Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum (PHGG; SunFiber®) ..................................... 82 Guar Gum Processing into PHGG ............................................................83 Physicochemical Properties and Food Grade Specications

of PHGG ............................................................................................85 Physiological and Metabolic Functions of PHGG ............................................85