In 2021, the FDA added acacia gum to its definition of dietary fiber. Also known as gum Arabic, acacia gum has a long history worldwide. In modern times, you may find acacia on grocery store ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted a citizen petition concerning the classification of acacia (gum arabic) as a dietary fiber. As a result of the petition, FDA intends to ...

Gum arabic is sap from the branches of Acacia Senegal trees. It's a natural emulsifier, which means that it can keep together substances which normally would not mix well. Pharmaceutical companies ...

There is an extensive value chain (a range of activities from farming to processing and marketing) for gum arabic in Africa, especially in Sudan and Chad. These countries have vast acacia forests ...

Acacia gum wears a number of different hats. The food additive is known as gum arabic, acacia fibre, and E414, and functions as a natural emulsifier, stabiliser, texturiser, and as a source of fibre.

SEATTLE, May 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gum arabic, also known as Indian gum, Senegal gum, acacia, gum acacia, Arabic gum, and by other names, is a natural gum consisting of two species of the ...

While the acacia trees that yield gum arabic grow across the Africa's arid Sahel region - known as the 'gum belt' - Sudan has become by far the world's biggest exporter due to its extensive groves.

These are invariably of “fish” section, varying in weight, curve, and material; but the commonest and most efficient sort is of “Babul” wood (Acacia arabica), with the natural curve of the ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The conflict in Sudan has turned attention to a rarely discussed commodity: gum arabic. This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as ...

The Dean of the Gum Arabic Research and Desertification Studies Institute at the University of Kordofan, Dr. Hamdoun Ali Abdel-Rahman, told SUNA that the institute is planning to plant 20,000 acacia ...