Description
csc 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 E**4. 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.
Function:
It is 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