Gum arabic is an exudate of acacia sap, whose physico-chemical properties give many applications in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic industries (as well as other industries). The term gum arabic includes two types of gum: hard gum (hashab in Sudan, kitir in Chad) from the acacia senegal and friable gum (talha) from the acacia seyal. These 2 varieties of acacia grow throughout the Sudano-Sahelian belt but production and exports are concentrated around a few countries, including Sudan (67% of exports from producing countries), Chad (15%), Nigeria (7%) and Mali (5%).
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