hi Tofi,

guar I use it sometimes - are you sure it works for sweet things too? The xanathan thing I have not seen yet here in austria. do you use it cold or do you have to cook it?

I also use sometimes powdered pectine, which they win from green fruits like apples and I have oligofructose as well, but do not use much of them, both are quite expensive here.

Another thing is agar agar and the psyllium husk, which I love both. But the chocolate cream does not work only on these.

I would be intersted in gummi arabicum, have you ever tried this? Seems to be a quite common thickener in Africa.