ID 840 -
Guma arabska
PL: Guma arabska
EN: Acacia gum (gum arabic)
Pdf: acacia gum
1. Charakterystyka żywności / składnika
The food constituent that is the subject of the health claim is acacia gum (gum Arabic).
Acacia gum is a water-soluble type of fibre made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree: Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. and Acacia seyal Delile. Acacia gum is a complex mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins, namely branched galactan composed of a backbone of D-galactose units and side chains of D-glucuronic acid with terminal L-rhamnose or L-arabinose units. Acacia gum is non-digestible in the human small intestine. The molecular weight of acacia gum is between 200 and 600 kDa. Acacia gum does not occur naturally in foods, and is used primarily in the food industry as a stabiliser (E414).
The Panel considers that the food constituent, acacia gum, which is the subject of the health claims, is sufficiently characterised.
2.5. Utrzymanie prawidłowej zawartości azotu w kale i/lub prawidłowego stężenia mocznika we krwi (ID 840,1975)
The claimed effect is “acacia gum and renal function”. The Panel assumes that the target population is the general population.
In the context of the proposed wordings, the Panel assumes that the claimed effect refers to the maintenance of faecal nitrogen content and/or blood urea concentrations.
The Panel considers that the evidence provided does not establish that maintenance of faecal nitrogen content and/or blood urea concentrations are beneficial physiological effects for the general healthy population.
The Panel concludes that a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of acacia gum and a beneficial physiological effect related to the maintenance of faecal nitrogen content and/or normal blood urea concentrations.
Warunki i możliwe ograniczenia stosowania oświadczenia
at least 25 g/day