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Gum Arabic Chinese alias: Gum Arabic English name: Characteristics: It is a safe and harmless thickener, and is a gum that solidifies naturally in the air. It is a light yellow block or white powder. It is a polymer electrolyte with a molecular weight of 10,000. When water is added, it slowly dissolves into a thick, odorless viscous agent. After some time, the viscosity decreases. Acacia gum tree (scientific name: , ) is a plant of the Fabaceae and Acacia genus. Distributed in Pakistan, Taiwan Island, tropical Africa, Arabia, India and other places, it has been artificially introduced and cultivated. Components: Gum arabic is composed of two components, of which % is composed of no or small amounts of polysaccharides, and the other component is a protein structure with a high relative molecular weight. The polysaccharide is covalently bonded to the hydroxyproline in the protein peptide chain. Combining amino acids and serine, the total protein content is about %, and special varieties can be as high as %. The polysaccharide molecules connected to the protein are highly branched acidic polysaccharides, which have the following composition: arabic gum galactose%, arabinose%, Glucuronic acid.%, rhamnose%, methylglucuronic acid.%. In the main chain of gum arabic, b galactopyranose is connected through glycosidic bonds, while the side chains are connected through glycosidic bonds.