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tara gum

tara gum noun: 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.

Noun

tara gum (usually uncountable, plural tara gums)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    E417

Synonyms of tara gum

  • E417

Forms of tara gum

pluraltara gums

Origin of tara gum

From Spanish tara, from Quechua.

Questions about tara gum

What does tara gum mean?
Tara gum means 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.
What part of speech is tara gum?
Tara gum is a noun.
What is the plural of tara gum?
The plural of tara gum is tara gums.

Words near tara gum in the dictionary

  1. Tar-Vabriga
  2. tar-water
  3. tara
  4. Tara fern
  5. Tara ferns
  6. tara gum
  7. tara gums
  8. Tara Hills
  9. Taraba
  10. tarabish
  11. tarabooka

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