It's possible to find coconut without guar gum but majority have it, it's a thickening agent and I swear I read somewhere it's also like a sugar,. I mean one's I buy with it taste artifical sweet than ones without. I'm very skeptical about it altho u will find article that talk about the benefits of it. Like Dr axe page but it does mention digestive issues as a side effect. To me thickening agent doesn't sound so great in the body!lol about love hate carob! I just come across alot of ppl who seen to hate it, I can imagine over doing it would get slightly sickly lol