Acacia Gum Applications

Acacia Gum is an all-natural ingredient and leading choice for a variety of applications in the food and health industries. At Xavier International, we supply the highest quality products with complete reliability to service domestic and global contracts for food, flavor and beverage, confectionery, pharmaceutical, and industrial applications.

Food and Beverage Applications:

We provide a variety of forms and grades of Acacia Gum that are in the food and beverage industries and are used as a stabilizer, a thickener, an emulsifier agent, texturing agent, film-forming agent, and for fibre enrichment. It can be found in a variety of applications such as preparation and stabilization of oil-in-water emulsions, encapsulation of essential oils and flavors, clarification and foam stabilization in beers, adhesive and glazing agent for snacks, prevention of sugar crystallization and binding agent used in high sugar confectionery, and so many more. Our Acacia Gum applications include, but are not limited to:

  • Stabilization of soft drink and beverage emulsions
  • Protection of liposoluble liquid products by encapsulation
  • Enhancing oil/water emulsion stability
  • Substitution for fat content
  • Wide range of applications in confectionery as a texturing, binder, adhesive and a film-forming agent
  • Improvements in texture, water retention, and freshness
  • Stabilization, fat replacement, thickening and fibre enrichment for dairy products
  • Thickening and fibre enrichment for syrups
  • Fixative agent and natural glue for snacks
  • Prevention of crystallization of sucrose
  • Color protector, foam and flavor stabilizer and coating enhancer (improve mouth feel) to beer
  • Health and Pharma Applications:

    We provide a variety of forms and grades of Acacia Gum that is used in the health and pharmaceutical industries. Our Acacia Gum can be used as an emulsifier, a demulcent, stabilizer, adhesive, binder, and can be found in a variety of applications such as acting as encapsulation, coating of pills, binder/compression of tablets, oil/water emulsion, medicated cough drops, suspending agent for syrups, stabilizer and viscosity agent for lotions and creams, and many more. Our pharmaceutical applications of Acacia Gum are based on the properties of:

  • Emulsification
  • Stabilization
  • Adhesiveness
  • Demulcent Action
  • Binding Action
  • Encapsulation
  • Viscosity Agent
  • Fibre Enrichment
  • Dietary Fiber