Arabic gum , also known as acacia gum, chaar gund, char goond, or meska, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal. The gum is harvested commercially from wild trees throughout the Sahel from Senegal and Sudan to Somalia, although it has been historically cultivated in Arabia and West Asia. Gum arabic, a complex mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins, is used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer. It is edible and has E number E414. Gum arabic is a key ingredient in traditional lithography and is used in printing, paint production, glue, cosmetics and various industrial applications, including viscosity control in inks and in textile industries, although less expensive materials compete with it for many of these roles. While gum arabic is now produced mostly throughout the African Sahel, it is still harvested and used in the Middle East. For example, Arab populations use the natural gum to make a chilled, sweetened, and flavored gelato-like dessert.
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Guaranteed Analysis:
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Appearance
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Off-white to Yellowish Granular or Powder
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Odor
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Own inherent smell, no odor
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Viscosity ( Brookfield RVT, 25%, 25°C, Spindle #2, 20rpm, mPa.s)
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60-100
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pH
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3.5- 6.5
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Moisture(105°C, 5h)
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15% Max
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Solubility
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Soluble in water, insoluble in ethanol
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Nitrogen
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0.24%- 0.41%
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Ash
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4% Max
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Insolubles in Acid
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0.5% Max
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Starch
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Negative
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Dannin
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Negative
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Arsenic (As)
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3ppm Max
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Lead (Pb)
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10ppm Max
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Heavy Metals
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40ppm Max
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E.Coli
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Negative
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Salmonella/ 10g
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Negative
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Total Plate Count
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1000 cfu/ g Max
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Gum arabic Powder mainly used as thickener, stabilizer, emulsifier, coating agent glaze. This product is widely used in beverage production, such as the production of soft drinks, juice concentrate flavor and essential oils which can be stabilized. It is also used in candy making, like traditional hard (liquor) chicle, soft candy, cotton candy. It could also be used as foam stabilizer.
1.Its good emusification features ,especially for water-locked oily emusified system. which make it widely used in emusion flavor
as emusion stablizer.
2.The film-forming agent . Widely used in change essential oil and other liquid materials to be powder to avoid oxidization . Also used as the carrier of essence.
3.Foam stablizer in beer ,clarifying agent in wine.
4.In candy , it could reduce the sugar crystallization and emusify the fat to avoid exposing surface.
5.polishing the chocalate , Make the chocalate easy melt in mouth never in hand .
6.Arabic gum is also widely used in beverage production, such as in the production of soft drinks, it can stabilize flavors and essential oils. It is also used in candy manufacture, like traditional hard (wine) gum, candy, cotton candy.It can also be used as a foam stabilizer.Gum Arabic is also widely used in the printing industry.