In the food industry, it preserves the uniformity and stability of beverages and sauces while optimizing the texture of baked products; within the personal care sector, it imparts a refined texture to skincare items and stabilizes cream and lotion formulations; in the pharmaceutical industry, it functions as an excipient to support drug formulation and controlled release; and in industrial applications, it enhances the sand-carrying capacity of drilling fluids and stabilizes pesticide formulations.