Gum Arabic Properties: *SOLUBILITY Can yield solutions 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 lithographic plate solutions. *EMULSIFIER Gum Arabic produces highly stable emulsions making it very useful in the preparation of oil-in-water food flavour 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 flavouring products co-spray dried with Gum Arabic is not affected or dulled by Gum Arabic as the carrier. *FIBER Nutritional experts can regard Gum Arabic as 95% "Soluble Fiber," according to the latest evidence. *CALORIC VALUE Officially recognized in the U.S.A. as being under 1 Kcal per gram. 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 above average amounts of Gum Arabic (25 grams per day) are ingested in solution. *TOXICOLOGICAL STATUS "ADI not specified" (JEFCA + EEC): "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) (USA).
