It's a "natural" product because it comes from a plant native to South America known as the tara tree, it can grow as a bush or a tree. TARA GUM is obtained by milling the endosperm of the seeds through mechanical methods.
TARA GUM has been approved as a thickener for use in many, many products. Some of them are dairy products such as cheese, cream, and ice cream, but it also may be added to other products such as pickles, baked goods, cereals, mustard, dried fruits and vegetables, soups, and many other things .
It's a natural source of tannins extracted from the sheath Tara (Caesalpinia tinctoria). TARA POWDER is obtained by grinding the pods of Tara, químicoadicional without treatment, and has a beige powder claro.TARA POWDER can be used both in the retanning chrome and vegetable leathers in self-tanning. The main advantage is that the grain of the leather tanned with TARA POWDER has a very high resistance to their breakup in comparison with other vegetable tannins.