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HPI Gums lists 4 grades in Food, Beverage & Nutrition. The sheets saved on this site are below.
Grades from HPI Gums
Gum Arabic
Gum Arabic is a natural gum made of the hardened sap of two species of the acacia tree; Acacia Senegal and Acacia Seyal. Gum arabic is used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer. It is used in printing, paint production, glue, cosmetics, various industrial applications including viscosity control in inks, pharma industry and in textile industries. There are 2 common varieties in Gum Arabic – Acacia Senegal(Hashab) and Acacia Seyal(Talha). Further classification of Gum Arabic depends on the origin of the product, common varieties are – Sudanese and Nigerian.
Gum Ghatti
Gum Ghatti is a natural Gum from India. It is exuded from the tree species Anogeissus Latifolia which is native to India and Sri Lanka. The exudation process happens very slowly over a period of days and depending on the size or age of the tree the exuded gum nodules can range from 5g to 50g in weight. The shape of the exuded nodule depends on natural factors like wind, sunlight, heat and other factors like the mass of the nodule, the pressure within the tree and the shape/size of the fissure from where the gum is exuding.
Gum Karaya
Gum Karaya is the dried exudates obtained from the tapping of the mature sterculia urens, a tree native in India. It is also known as Indian tragacanth, it is a complex polysaccharide. The swelling capacity makes it particularly useful as a thickening agent. It possesses two outstanding characteristics - its ability to form solutions of high viscosity and its high degree of stability under strongly acidic conditions.
Gum Olibanum
Gum Olibanum, also called Frankincense, is an aromatic resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia. There are four main species of Boswellia that produce true frankincense. Resin from each of the four is available in various grades. It is used in the perfume, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
