I. Description
Product name: Phytelephas Aequatorialis Seed Powder or Phytelephas Macrocarpa Seed.

The tagua nut powder is usually used in personal care products, mainly as a scrub because its round particles that unlike the crystallines formed by sugar, are careful with the skin, and each of our different measures of particles adapt to different purposes, also these material is an excellent replacement for titanium dioxide and silica that are too abrasive for cosmetic use.

Tagua powder is also preferred among other natural product options because of its all-white color which makes it appetizing for the consumer.

For food and pharmaceutical industries has many properties, one advantage of tagua is that this material has as its main component pure mannan (approximately 94%), which can be used as a flowability agent of powders, and also helps regulate bacterial flora so it is an excellent probiotic and dietary supplement both animal and human.

Several studies show that mannan is used against urinary tract infections, in addition to inhibiting the growth of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata.

II. Characteristics