4. Nutritional properties and applications
With growing awareness of the relationship between health and diet, a new concept of nutrition developed in Japan in the late 1980s. Today, this concept of functional foods is recognized worldwide and is one of the main drivers of innovation in the food industry.
All consumers are particularly interested in foods that improve the body's physiological functions, reducing the risk of disease.
To avoid communications that could mislead the consumer, legislators are increasingly defining the various functional ingredients, regulating their applications and the related nutritional and health claims and profiles.
4.1 Dietary fiber
"Dietary fiber" is a general term (defined by European Directive 2008/100/EC - October...
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What does the future hold for acacia gum?
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Regulations
Acacia gum is a native, 100% natural ingredient used as a food additive and nutritional ingredient.
The definition of acacia gum was redefined by the 53rd FAO Expert Committee in 1999 as "the dried exudate from the trunk and branches of Acacia senegal (L.) Willdenow or Acacia seyal (family Leguminosae); synonyms: Gum arabic, Acacia gum, arabic gum, INS n° 414".
This new definition...
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• Colloïdes Naturels International (CNI) – Rouen – France www.cniworld.com
• Alland & Robert – Paris – France www.allandetrobert.fr
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Global market
Worldwide consumption of acacia gum, all grades combined, is around 55,000 tonnes a year. Over the past ten years, this market has been growing steadily, by 2 to 3% a year.
The profile of applications has changed over the last ten years. Confectionery (figures , and ), which used to account...
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