Acacia Gum Powder IA. senegIII is a pale white to orange-brown solid, which breaks with a glassy  fracture". The best grades an in the form of whole spheroidal tears of varying size with a matt surface texture. When ground. the pieces are paler and have a glassy appearance. Acacia Gum Powder seyan is more brittle than the hard tears of Acacia Gum. Acacia Gum is also available commercially in the fonn of white to yellowish·wmte flakes. granules. powder. roller dried. or spray·dried material.

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Acacia Gum  / Gum arabic is a dried exudate obtained from the stems and branches of Acacia senegal (L.) Willdenow or Acacia seyal (fam. Leguminosae)Acacia Gum / Gum arabic consists mainly of high-molecular weight polysaccharides and their calcium, magnesium and potassium salts, which on hydrolysis yield arabinose, galactose, rhamnose and glucuronic acid. Items of commerce may contain extraneous materials such as sand and pieces of bark, which must be removed before use in food.

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