{"id":240432,"date":"2023-05-01T19:42:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=240432"},"modified":"2023-05-02T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T08:46:11","slug":"gum-arabic-why-sudan-war-could-hit-your-fizzy-drinks-and-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gum-arabic-why-sudan-war-could-hit-your-fizzy-drinks-and-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gum Arabic: Why Sudan war could hit your fizzy drinks and candy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cGum Arabic: Why Sudan war could hit your fizzy drinks and candy\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>Indian Express <\/b>on <b>1st May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sudan Conflict has impacted the trade of Gum Arabic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Gum Arabic?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gum Arabic is a natural gum derived from the hardened sap of two species of the Acacia tree \u2013 Senegalia Senegal and Vachellia seyal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gum is harvested commercially from wild trees, mostly in Sudan (70%) and throughout the Sahel (from Senegal to Somalia).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gum Arabic first found its way to Europe via Arabic ports, hence the name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Uses:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is used in printing, paints, glues, cosmetics, and viscosity control in the inks and textile industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It is also used in the food industry and soft-drink industry as a stabilizer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How has the Sudan Conflict impacted Gum Arabic Trade?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 70% of the world\u2019s supply of gum arabic comes from the Sahel region that runs through Sudan which is being torn apart by fighting between the army and a paramilitary force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to this, international consumer goods makers are racing to shore up supplies of gum arabic as \u200b\u200b there is no alternative to gum arabic in fizzy drinks where it prevents ingredients from separating.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cGum Arabic: Why Sudan war could hit your fizzy drinks and candy\u201d published in Indian Express on 1st May 2023 What is the News? The Sudan Conflict has impacted the trade of Gum Arabic. What is Gum Arabic? Gum Arabic is a natural gum derived from the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gum-arabic-why-sudan-war-could-hit-your-fizzy-drinks-and-candy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gum Arabic: Why Sudan war could hit your fizzy drinks and candy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[11523,10500,11496],"class_list":["post-240432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-gum-arabic","tag-indian-express","tag-sudan-crisis","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}