Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production
Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production of Date Syrup Powder: Sorption Isotherms, Physicochemical Properties, and Data Modeling Authors: Nasim Mansoori Mahsa...
Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production
The thermoplastic and hygroscopic behaviors of date syrup (DS) challenge the DS drying process. In this context, DS was mixed with 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60% acacia gum (AG) and subjected to a drum dryer. The chemical composition, bulk density ( pb ), caking degree (CD), glass transition temperature (Tg), and color values of DS powders were studied.
Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production
Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production of Date Syrup Powder: Sorption Isotherms, Physicochemical Properties, and Data Modeling.
Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production
Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production of Date Syrup Powder: Sorption Isotherms, Physicochemical Properties, and Data Modeling Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production of Date Syrup Powder: Sorption Isotherms, Physicochemical Properties, and Data Modeling Foods. 2025 Jan 5;9 (1):50. doi: 10.3390/foods9010050.
Acacia Gum as a Natural Anti-Plasticizer for the Production
Anti-plasticizers and hydrocolloids, such as starch and acacia gum (AG), have been utilized as support materials to enhance the Tg of sugar-rich foods during the dehydration process [7]. Anticaking agents are also commonly used to improve the resulted powder owability [9,11].
- Does Acacia senegal produce gum?
- Among different gum-producing Acacia species, systematically planting for gum production is done only for Acacia senegal; from the remainder, gum production comes from naturally growing trees. The gum production taking place due to artificial injury is known as tapping, which is required for Acacia senegal.
- What is gum arabic?
- Gum Arabic (GA), a natural edible plant gum, is collected from exudates of Acacia trees (Islam, Phillips, Sljivo, Snowden, & Williams, 1997). GA presents great film-forming capacity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability, which supported its application as film-forming matrix for the development of food packaging or coatings.
- Is gum arabic a biodegradable food packaging?
- Therefore, the study on environment-friendly and biodegradable food packaging has garnered much attention. Gum Arabic (GA) presents great film-forming capacity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability, which support its applications for food packaging.
- Is gum arabic a good biopolymer for food packaging?
- Gum Arabic (GA) is a promising natural biopolymer for food packaging. The structure and properties of GA are outlined. The techniques used to enhance physical properties of GA-based films are concluded. The strategies used to improve functional properties of GA-based films are reviewed.
- What causes gum formation in Acacia senegal trees?
- Gum formation in Acacia senegal trees takes place in the cambial zone of the stem or branch, which is promoted by stress conditions like drought, heat, insect attack or natural or artificial injury (Joseleau and Ullmann, 1990).
- Does Acacia Senegal gum contain carbohydrate?
- Acacia senegal gum contains 88.9% carbohydrates (Lopez-Torrez et al., 2015). The Karaya gum and gum kondagogu contain 77% and 71% carbohydrates, respectively (Janaki and Sashidhar, 1998). The monosaccharides present in GA are presented in Table 5. Carbohydrate profiling of GA indicated that galactose has maximum contribution in GA at 39.1%.
