Description
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E **4 Acacia gum - EU specification / gum arabic
(Acacia senegal)
Synonyms
Gum arabic
Definition
Acacia gum is a dried exudation obtained from the stems and
branches of strains of
Acacia senegal(L) Willdenow or
closely related species of Acacia (family
Leguminosae). It
consists mainly of high molecular weight polysaccharides and their
calcium, magnesium and potassium salts, which on hydrolysis yield
arabinose, galactose, rhamnose and glucuronic acid
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Chemical name:
Chemical formula:
Molecular weight: Approximately **0 **0
Assay:
Description
Unground acacia gum occurs as white or yellowish-white spheroidal
tears of varying sizes or as angular fragments and is sometimes
mixed with darker fragments. It is also available in the form of
white to yellowish-white flakes, granules, powder or spray-dried
material.
Identification
Solubility 1 g dissolves in 2 ml of cold water forming a solution
which flows readily and is acid to litmus, insoluble in ethanol
Purity
Loss on drying Not more than *7 % (**5 °C, 5 hours) for granular
and not more than *0 % (**5 °C, 4 hours) for spray-dried
material
Total ash: Not more than 4 %
Acid insoluble ash: Not more than 0,5 %
Acid insoluble matter: Not more than 1 %
Starch or dextrin: Boil a 1 in *0 solution of the gum and cool. To
5 ml add 1 drop of iodine solution. No bluish or reddish colours
are produced
Tannin: To *0 ml of a 1 in *0 solution add about 0,1 ml of ferric
chloride solution (9 g FeCl 3 .6H 2 O made up to **0 ml with
water). No blackish colouration or blackish precipitate is
formed
Arsenic: Not more than 3 mg/kg
Lead: Not more than 2 mg/kg
Mercury: Not more than 1 mg/kg
Cadmium: Not more than 1 mg/kg
Hydrolysis products: Mannose, xylose and galacturonic acid are
absent (determined by chromatography)
Microbiological criteria:
Salmonellaspp.: Absent in *0 g
Escherichia coli:Absent in 5 g
Packaging: 5kg, *0kg, *5kg, *0kg Kraft paper
bags, PP bags,Jute Bags and 1 tonne Bulk
Bags
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