Cassia Split

Listing ID #4283184

Cassia splits mainly consists of mannose and galactose units. These are pale yellow splits that are normally soluble in hot water. They act as thickening agents and form gels with carageenan and xanthan. These Cassia splits are often used as food additives. They are used in farm animals feed products like dog foods, cat foods, cow foods. Also used in pharmaceutical and cosmetics.

Manufacturing Process Cassia Tora Splits:
The seed consists of an outer husk, an endosperm (cassia tora split) and the ovary or germ. Only the endosperm or split, which contains mainly polysaccharides, is used for the production of the cassia gum.

Before splitting the seeds are passed through grading machines to differentiate them on the basis of their size. During this procedure, the underdeveloped seeds are removed and cassia occidentalis seeds are reduced to no more than 0.05%.