tara gum en · NOUN
Etymology
From Spanish tara, from Quechua.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A white or beige nearly odorless powder used as a thickening agent and stabilizer for food, produced by separating and grinding the endosperm of Tara spinosa seeds.
Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tara gums | Number=Plur | lexicographic |