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Food additives data book - wordpres

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FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: Non-toxic. The powder is combustible<br />

LEGISLATION: Usage level: Limitation 0.2% (alcoholic beverages); 0.1% (other foods)<br />

USA: UK and EUROPE: AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC RIM:<br />

FDA 21CFR § 184.1333, UK: approved. Japan: approved<br />

GRAS Europe: listed<br />

REFERENCES: Anderson, D. M. W., Gill, M. L. C., Jeffrey, A. M., and McDougall, F. J. (1985) Phytochemisty 24, 71.<br />

Whistler, R. L. (1993) Exudate gums. In: Whistler, R. L., and BeMiller, J. N. (Eds.), Industrial<br />

Gums: Polysaccharides and Derivatives. 3rd edition, pp. 311–318.<br />

Ash, M., and Ash, I. (1996) <strong>Food</strong> Additives. Gower Publishing Co., Brookfield, VT.<br />

ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: This is a natural polysaccharide that is produced as a protective sticky exudate by Anogeissus latifolia<br />

in response to a wound. See also gum arabic and tragacanth gum<br />

Gum ghatti 701

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