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E 416

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ID 702316 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain foodstuffs - production - products - tradeChemistry
  • a gum exuded by the Indian tree Sterculia urens when the bark is pierced: used industrially, esp. as a substitute for gum tragacanth
karaiakummi preferred
E 416
karaga gum preferred
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  • Important plants of the family include cacao (Theobroma cacao), source of cocoa and chocolate; cola (Cola nitida and C. acuminata), which yields the flavouring and stimulant used in cola drinks; and a few Sterculia species (especially Sterculia urens), which yield karaya gum, an important substitute for gum tragacanth.
E 416
karaya gum
karaya
katilo
kadaya
gum sterculia
sterculia
kullo
kuterra

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