Sudan's Gum Arabic specifications General Properties: SOLUBILITY Soluble up to 55% concentration. Gum Arabic is truly soluble in cold water. Other gums are either insoluble in cold water or form colloidal suspensions, solutions not true. VISCOSITY A 20% aqueo Show More...
Sudan's Gum Arabic specifications General Properties: SOLUBILITY Soluble up to 55% concentration. Gum Arabic is truly soluble in cold water. Other gums are either insoluble in cold water or form colloidal suspensions, solutions not true. VISCOSITY A 20% aqueous solution will give less than 100 cps, 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 properties make it ideal for some confectionery coatings and lithograc plate solutions. EMULSIFIER Gum Arabic produces highly stable emulsions making it very useful in the preparation of oil-in-water food flavor emulsions, particularly for citrus oils. COLOR Colorless (top quality) to pale straw color (average quality). TASTE Gum Arabic has no off-taste. The taste of flavoring products co-spray dried with Gum Arabic is not affected or dulled by Gum Arabic as the carrier. FIBER Gum Arabic is regarded as 90% "Soluble Fiber, " according to the latest researches. CALORIC VALUE Generally defined as Polysaccharide Dietary Fiber with reduced caloric intake. CHOLESTEROL REDUCER Human dietary intake studies have indicated a reduction in blood cholesterol levels when Gum Arabic amounts (25 grams per day) are ingested in solution. STATUS "Generally Recognized as Safe".