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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Large quantities of gum arabic are used in confectionery where it inhibits sugar crystallisation,<br />

emulsifies lipid and helps to bind water. Gum arabic is also used as an encapsulating agent, to emulsify<br />

flavour/colour in beverages, and as a general emulsifier.<br />

In comparison with many other polysaccharides it is highly soluble in aqueous solutions and very<br />

low in viscosity. Viscosity increases with increasing molecular weight and concentration. The viscosity<br />

is pH-independent, although like most polysaccharides it starts to degrade at >pH 8 and

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