LorAnn Oils Gum Tragacanth - 2.7 oz

I make my own denture adhesive with this, and powdered karaya gum; 6 parts tragacanth powder, 2 parts karaya powder, and a dash of peppermint oil. Better than anything I can buy, and much, much cheaper. No 'denture adhesive taste'. No zinc. Perfect!

Good stuff, use it for my denture adhesive with other items, expensive tho for little bottle

Gum tragacanth is a wonderfully versatile botanical product and here's one bit of evidence. The gum tragacanth I purchased from LorAnn Oils worked superbly when I used it to create an adhesive to affix microfossils to microscope slides. A roughly 1% solution creates a water soluble glue that holds the microfossils, but releases them quickly when touched with a wet brush. This isn't something new; using gum tragacanth in this fashion dates back to the 19th century.

using as a plant based binder

I use this ALL the time to make my homemade fondant... Its absolutely perfect for this... It makes the fondant pliable enough not to tear when laying on your cakes... I've tried to make the fondant without it and it makes a huge difference. I only put 1.25 tsp for each batch.

Good

The packaging had a poor seal on it, there was powder outside of the packaging when I twisted the cap off. It had a foam seal on it but it wasn't even properly attached. So clearly this wasn't properly sealed and why it had an off smell when I mixed with water.I mixed with distilled water, used about 3/4 tsp of the product the smell was like grain or oats that have gone off, kind of rancid. This product is supposed to be odorless, the reason it's used in products like candy making and even used as cigar glue. I wasn't satisfied with this product at all. I read that this can go bad so you're supposed to refrigerate it but it smells bad from the beginning, so it's either a bad product from the start or I got a bad batch that was poorly sealed.Thumbs down, ZERO Stars

Great product, I use it to help harden fondant and it works like a charm.