food Additives Arabic Gum

1. Introduction


Arabic gum also called acacia gum,it is a natural secretion from a tropical wild locust tree, prolificly in the Arab countries named,the application of arabic gum started in India, Africa, Australia and China,it has a few thousand years history yet. Gum arabic is a tasteless gum,exists in form of the oval,colors from light yellow to red yellow.it has a complex molecular structure,including: D-galactose 44%, L-arabinose sugar 24%, D- Glucuronic acids 14.5%, L-rhamnose 13%, 4 - O-methyl - O- Glucuronic acids 1.5%.


2.Flow Chart:

Raw material --washing -- hydrolysis -- centrifugal filtration -- membrane filtration -- spray -- drying -- standardized treatment -- packing

3. Standard:

According with food additive GB1904-89

Food additive usage sanitation standard GB2760

Arabic gum GB12493-90

4. Specification:

Item of inspection	Mark of inspection	Result of inspection
Odor	Have their own inherent odor, no smell	Compliant
Colour	Milky white or yellow	Milky white
Trait	Uniform powder	Compliant
Impurity	No visible impurities, no foreign body	Compliant
Viscosity, mpa. s(25solution25degree)	50.0-150.0	85
Ashes, %	≤ 4.0	4
Drying shrinkage, %	≤ 10.0	9
Heavy Matal (pb mg/kg)	≤ 5.0	< 5.0
As(As mg/kg)	≤ 0.5	< 0.5
Total plate count, cfu/g	≤ 10000	compliant
Collform, MPN/100g	≤ 30	≤ 30

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