Locust bean tree

This material is another plant polysaccharide. The source is the seeds of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), also known as the locust bean tree. The trees grow around the Mediterranean and in California. An alternative name for the fruit is Saint John s Bread . An impure material called carob pod flour can be produced by just removing the hulls and milling the endosperms directly. An impure product like this will give a... 

The carob, or locust bean, tree, Ceratonia siliqua L., is indigenous to Mediterranean shores. It produces flat pods, known as St. John s bread, eight to twelve inches long, from which the seeds are removed and processed to yield locust bean gum. The deseeded pods are dried, broken, and sold as "kibble", which can be roasted and ground to provide a nutrient flavoring agent. 

Derived from Carob or Locust bean tree Ceratonia siliqua. 

Ceratonia is a naturally occurring material obtained from the ground endosperms separated from the seeds of the locust bean tree, Ceratonia siliqua (Leguminosae). The tree is indigenous to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. 

Syn. Locust Bean Tree Saint John s Bread Tree Ceratonia siliqua L. 

G. Johannisbrotkemmehl F gomme de caroube L. is produced by milling the seed of Cemtonia si-liqua or - carob tree [locust (bean) tree]. L. is contained in the endosperm and milled to a fine powder. 

Locust bean (carob) is derived from the endosperm portion of seeds of a tree widely cultivated in the Mediterranean area. It is a polysaccharide built of mannose units with short branches of single galactose units, with an average molecular weight of 310,000. 

Locust Bean Gum. Locust bean gum [9000-40-2], also known as catob seed gum, is a galactomannan extracted from the endosperm of the catob tree seed which is cultivated in the Mediterranean area. The primary use of locust bean gum is in dairy appHcations such as ice cream. It is often used in conjunction with carrageenan because the chemical stmctures of the two enable them to cross-link and form a gel (85). 

Locust Bean Gum. Locust bean gum [9000-40-2] is produced by milling the seeds from the leguminous evergreen plant, Ceratonia siliqua or carob tree, which is widely grown in the Mediterranean area. Pods produced by the carob tree consist of a husk, embryo, and endosperm. The latter, the source of the gum, is separated from the tough outer husk and the yeUow embryo tissue by a variety of rolling and milling operations, and subsequently is milled into a fine powder (60). 

Commercial locust bean gum is the ground endosperm of the seeds of the locust bean (carob) tree. The general properties of locust bean gum are similar to those of guar gum. Differences are its low cold-water solubiUty and its synergistic gelation with kappa-carrageenan, furceUaran, and xanthan... 

Locust bean gum is extracted from the endosperm of the seeds of the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, which grows in Mediterranean countries. 

Gum arabic Gum kadaya Locust bean Tamarind Tragacanth Acacia segalencis and other acacia trees, native to eastern Africa Sterculia urens trees from India Seeds of carob (Ceratonia siliqua) trees Seeds of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) trees Astragalus gummifer shrubs from southern Europe and the Middle East... 

Polysaccharide materials Starch, cellulose, plant gums (arabic gum, tragacanth, karaya, ghatti, guar, locust bean, fruit tree gum) Paper, paint binders, adhesives... 

Locust bean Seeds of carob (Ceratonia siliqua) trees... 

Locust bean gum can be extracted from the European carob tree. As the extract, with impurities removed, it gives clear solutions. It shows significant synergy with carrageenan and xanthan, usually at about 50/50 levels, and this synergy tends to eliminate the syneresis often seen with carrageenan. Being insoluble in cold water, heat is required to obtain solutions. 

The principal commercial source of galactomannans, at present, is locust bean seed. Carob trees (Ceratonia siliqua) are cultivated widely in southern Europe, on Mediterranean islands, and in northern Africa. 

Once the pod tree [Caesalpinia spinosa) is harvested, it is washed and dried, and then the seed is removed from the pod. Following the separation, the separately ground pit shell, which is an extraordinary product, is exported as a raw material for the production of tannic acid, which is widely used in the chemical, paint, and high-quality fur industries and pharmaceuticals. The seeds, or the pips, after undergoing a thermal-mechanical process, result in a gum from the endosperm, which is an alternative to the traditional rubber in the global food industry, pharmaceuticals, paints, and varnishes, among others. This gum has been approved by resolution of September 26, 1996 (ECC N° E-417) by the European Community for use as a thickener and stabilizer in food for human consumption. Thus came into picture the global market for food hydrocolloids as an alternative product to the locust bean gum, produced in Spain and the Middle East. 

Locust gum, also called locust bean gum, carob, carobin or algar-roba, is obtained as flour from the endosperm of seeds of the carob tree also known as St John s bread Ceratonia siliqua, Cae-sapliniaceae). The tree comes from the Western Mediterranean region (Southern Europe, Northern Africa), but now grows mainly in Spain and in the subtropical regions of the United States and Australia. 

Synonyms Carob bean extract Carob extract Ceratonia siliqua Ceratonia siliqua extract Locust tree extract St. John s bread extract... 

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