Gum arabic
Product Description
seline;">Brief Introductionacacia gum, chaar gund, char goond, or meska, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Senegalia (Acacia) senegal and Vachellia (Acacia) seyal. The gum is harvested commercially from wild trees throughout the Sahel from Senegal to Somalia, although it has been historically cultivated in Arabia and West Asia.
seline;">Main Functionsmixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides. It was historically the source of the sugars arabinose andribose, both of which were first discovered and isolated from it, and are named after it.
seline; color: #ff6600;">Technical DataComponents: Guaranteed Analysis:AppearanceWhite Powder or granuleOdorOwn inherent smell, no odor
Viscosity ( Brookfield RVT, 25%, 25°C,
Spindle #2, 20rpm, mPa.s)60-100pH3.5- 6.5Moisture(105°C, 5h)15% MaxSolubilitySoluble in water, insoluble in ethanolNitrogen0.24%- 0.41%Ash4% MaxInsolubles in Acid0.5%Arsenic (As)3ppm MaxLead (Pb)10ppm MaxHeavy metals40ppm MaxTotal Plate Count1000 cfu/ g Maxseline;">