Exudate gums: chemistry, properties and food applications – a review

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 2828-2835

  Barak, Sheweta ^a   Mudgil, Deepak ^a   Taneja, Shelly ^b  

^a Mansinhbhai Institute of Dairy and Food Technology   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

acacia gum; ghatti gum; gum arabic; karaya gum; tragacanth gum

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; PHARMACEUTICAL VEHICLES AND ADDITIVES; PLANT GUM;

FOOD ADDITIVES; PHARMACEUTIC AIDS; PLANT GUMS;

EID: 85079714101     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10302     Document Type: Review

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