Gum Arabic

THE RIGHT FIBER FOR YOUR HEALTH

  • 100% Natural
  • 100% Dietary fiber
  • Multifunctional and healthy
  • GMO free
  • Gluten and allergen free
  • Colorless, odorless and tasteless
  • Vegan
  • No calories
  • Clean-label

Types and Quality

Gum Arabic can be classified into the 2 different species where it comes from:

• Senegal Kordofan (Hashab, Verek)
• Seyal Talha

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Raw rubber

  • Cleaned: nodules
  • Kibbled: tears with tailor made mesh size (2-6mm, 2-10mm)
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Powder

  • Powder: 200 microns
  • Mechanical powder: 60 microns
  • Micronized: 60 microns
  • Spray-Dried: purified, pasteurized, fast-soluble
  • Instant-agglomerated

Properties

Solubility
Can yield solutions up to 55% concentration. Gum Arabic is truly soluble in cold water. Other gums are either insoluble in cold water or form colloidal suspension, not true solutions.
Viscosity
A 20% aqueous solution will give less than 100cps, i.e. gum arabic is not very viscous at such concentrations. High viscosity is obtained only at concentrations of 40-50%.
Film-forming
Gum Arabic’s superb film-forming proprieties make it ideal for same confectionary and in pharma for pills and tablets.
Emulsifier
Gum Arabic produces highly stable emulsions making it very useful in the preparation of oil-in-water food flavors emulsions, particularly for citrus oil.
Color

Colorless (top quality) to pale straw color (average quality).

Taste

Gum Arabic has an off taste. The taste of flavoring products co-spraydried with Gum Arabic is not affected or dulled by Gum Arabic as carrier.

Dietary Fiber

Gum Arabic can be regarded as 95% “soluble fiber”.

Caloric value

Officially recognized as being under 1 Kcal per gram even if FAO/WHO’s recent research points to values of 3-4 Kcal per gram.

Cholesterol reducer

Human dietary intake studies have indicated a reduction in blood cholesterol levels when above average amount of Gum Arabic (25 grams per day) are ingested in solution.

Applications

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Confectionery

As texturizer, barrier and film-building agent, coating agent, fat and sugar separating agent in almonds, jellies and chewing-gum. As well as an agent to prevent sugar crystallization.

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Beverages

As emulsifier, stabilizer, suspending agent in flavors and soft drinks, clarified or cloudy juices basis.

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Oenology

As stabilizer and clearing agent in wine, emulsifier and foam stabilizer in beer.

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Dairy products and sauces

As emulsifier, binder, stabilizer, suspending agent for dairies, desserts, dressings, dips, sauces.

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Bakery products

As improving freezing properties.

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High Fiber Formulations

As part of the natural nutritional supplements that helps to add soluble fiber in palatable form, Gum Arabic is also used in concentrations as high as 50% in certain preparations.

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Diabetic and dietetic food

As fiber enrichment, for reduction of the nutritional value, for prebiotic properties.

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Pharma and cosmetics

As film-building and coating agent, binder and thickener for pills; as carrier in capsules and as a tableting excipient. One of its oldest and best known use is also in cough syrups.
As stabilizer, emulsifier and thickener for creams, lotions, facial masks and mascara.

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Technical applications

As emulsifier, suspending and stabilizing agent for printing inks, watercolours, restoration products.

  • encapsulating agent for pigment powders;
  • adhesive for cigarette paper and glues;
  • thickener and binding agent for glues;
  • stiffening agent in textile;
  • thickener in fishing and animal feed;
  • binder in fireworks;
  • filming agent in lithographic inks for the treatment of photosensitive plates.
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Nutraceuticals

As a thickening agent for preparations and a stabilizer in emulsions, fixative and film-formulating in the formulation of food supplements.

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Sustainable Energy

The Gum Arabic polymer acts as conductive and binder in the fabrication of lithium batteries.

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Automotive

Acts as a protective film in car bodywork.