It is about a three hour drive north and west of Minnesota's Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. According to the state Department of Natural Resources, Big Cormorant Lake has 3,379 acres of total surface area. It is a clean lake with excellent fishing, swimming and other recreational opportunities.
A soluble fiber extracted from seeds of the guar plant, guar gum is a thickener and stabilizer commonly found in beverages and food to help ingredients bind together (âgumâ being the operative word here). As proof of its strength, it has eight times the thickening prowess as cornstarch.
As a food additive it seems that such strange bedfellow industries would intuitively make one want to avoid such a product. The safety and caloric value of guar gum, however, does not seem that bad. As a polysaccharide fiber it is mostly indigestible for humans and has been touted as a source of soluble fiber.