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Acacia Gum Agar Alginate Carob Carrageenan Cellulose Derivatives Cyclodextrin Gelatin Gellan Gum Guar Gum Gum Arabic Gum Ghatti Karaya Gum Konjac Locust Bean Gum Other Pectin Sterculia Gum Tara Gum Tragacanth Xanthan

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Gum ghatti - JECFA specification

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Gum Ghatti

Prepared at the 29th JECFA (1985), published in FNP 34 (1986) and in FNP 52 (1992). Metals and arsenic specifications revised at the 57th JECFA (2001). No ADI was allocated at the 29th JECFA (1985)

Hydrocolloid sources

Technical Articles
Acacia Gum Agar Alginate Carob Carrageenan Cellulose Derivatives Cyclodextrin Gelatin Gellan Gum Guar Gum Gum Arabic Gum Ghatti Karaya Gum Konjac Locust Bean Gum Pectin Sterculia Gum Tara Gum Tragacanth Xanthan

Hydrocolloids can be obtained from a wide variety of sources. The two most abundant polysaccharides are cellulose and starch. Cellulose is the key structural component of trees and is used on a huge scale globally in the pulp and paper industry.