Before war broke out, Sudan was the world’s biggest gum arabic exporter, with an estimated market share of 70-80%.

Not since baking soda has there been a natural commodity that has so many different uses. In the days of the Egyptian Pharaohs, gum arabic was essential to mummification, and since Biblical times, it ...

Gum arabic, a naturally occurring complex polysaccharide exudate from Acacia species, has long been valued for its multifaceted applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries.

Cargill has introduced a new starch-based stabilizer for use in sports drinks as a possible replacement to gum arabic – an ingredient susceptible to supply and cost issues. The supply of gum arabic, ...

Replacing gum Arabic with low levels of pectin can lead to more stable orange beverage emulsions, suggests new research from Malaysia. The study, published in the journal Carbohydrate Polymers , taps ...

The caloric value of gum arabic has been reduced in the US allowing companies to lower the calorie count on their labels. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that it has sent a letter ...

Gum Arabic is still the best option for stabilising beverage emulsions, when compared with modified starches, according to a comprehensive new study. Scientists from the University of Minnesota and ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Jessica Mendoza: Gum arabic is an ingredient you've probably never heard of, but ...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has faced multiple armed conflicts, economic slumps and nationwide protests, but one of its little known exports has proved resilient through all the turmoil: gum arabic, an ...

Westerners' consumption of a little-known tree gum – used in everything from Coca-Cola and Nestlé pet food to L'Oréal lipsticks and M&M sweets – could be funding both sides in Sudan's bitter civil war ...

Mauritania was once a top exporter of gum arabic, but the severe droughts of the 1970s-1980s cut production dramatically. Seventy percent of Mauritania’s poor live in rural communities dependent on ...

Lorries containing around 10,000 tonnes of gum arabic worth tens of millions of dollars were looted by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in Sudan earlier this month and have disappeared ...