Arabic Gum, also known as gum acacia, chaar gund, char goond or meska, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal. Gum arabic is a complex mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins that is used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer.
Gum arabic is a key ingredient in traditional lithography and is used in printing, paint production, glue, cosmetics and various industrial applications, including viscosity control in inks and in textile industries, although cheaper materials compete with it for many of these roles
Specifications:
1) Purity: 99.9% min. for powder and 99.5% min. for spray dry 2) Moisture: 10% max. for powder and 15% max. for spray dry 3) Total ash: 4.0% max. for both powder and spray dry 4) Acid insoluble residue: 0.5% max. For both powder and spray dry 5) pH: 5-7 for both powder and spray dry 6) Viscosity: 50-200cps for powder and 60-200cps for spray dry 7) Arsenic: 3ppm max. for both powder and spray dry 8) Lead: 10ppm max. for both powder and spray dry 9) Total heavy metal: 20mg/kg max. for powder and 40mg/kg max. for spray dry 10) Starch or dextrin: negative for both powder and spray dry 11) Tannin acid gums: negative for both powder and spray dry