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| SOLUBILITY | : | Gum Arabic is truly soluble in cold water.Other gums are either insoluble in cold water or form colloidal suspensions,not true solutions. |
| VISCOSITY | : | : Gum Arabic is not very viscous it has low viscosity. |
| FILM-FROMING | : | Gum Arabic superb film-forming properties make it ideal for some confectionery coatings and lithographic plate solutions. |
| EMULSIFIER | : | Gum Arabic produces highly stable emulsions making it very useful in the preparation of oil-in-water food flavour emulsions,particularly for citrus oils. |
| COLOR | : | White ( Top quality ) to pale yellow Amber Yellow and Red . |
| TASTE | : | Gum Arabic has no off-taste. The taste of flavouring products co-spraydried with Gum Arabic as the carrier . |
| FIBER | : | Gum Arabic can be regarded as 95% "Soluble fiber" according to some of the available test methods . |
| CALORIC VALUE | : | Officially recognized in the U.S.A as being under 1 Kcal per gram . However,recent research points to values of 3-4 Kcal / gram, the value adopted by the joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee since its inauguration . Ongoing discussion and research continues on this subject . |
| CHOLESTEROL | : | Human dietary intake studies have indicated a reduction in blood cholestrol levels when above average amounts of Gum Arabic ( 25 grams per day ) are ingested in solution . |
| TOXICOLOGICAL | : | "ADI not specfied" ( JEFCA + EEC ) |
| STATUS | : | "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) |
Source of Supply Till the year 1972,the Gum Arabic Talha was Exported only by Sudan and India was major Byer of this grade in the world.In the year 1973/74 there is acute shortage due to severe drought in Sudan.The Gum Arabic users all over the world look for the substitute and other source of supply now Sudan,Nigeria,Tchad,Mali,Senegal & Moritania are the supplier of Gum Arabic. |
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