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LEGISLATION: Usage level: Limitation 0.9% (soft candy); 0.02% (milk products); 0.3% (frozen dairy desserts);<br />

0.002% (other foods)<br />

USA: UK and EUROPE:<br />

FDA 21CFR § 133.133, UK: approved. Europe: listed<br />

133.134, 133.162, 133.178,<br />

133.179, 150.141, 150.161, AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC RIM:<br />

184.1349, GRAS Japan: approved for use as a natural thickener and stabiliser<br />

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

Whistler, R. L. (1993) Exudate gums. In: Whistler, R. L., and J. N. BeMiller (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 extracted from the trunks of the tree, Sterculia urens. Originally<br />

introduced as an alternative to tragacanth gum<br />

Karaya gum 711

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