ID 841 - Guma arabska

PL: Guma arabska
EN: Acacia gum (gum arabic)
Pdf: acacia gum

Oświadczenie (2)

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.

2.6. Utrzymanie prawidłowego stężenia cholesterolu LDL we krwi (ID 841)

The claimed effect is “acacia gum and cholesterol”. The Panel assumes that the target population is the general population.
In the context of the clarifications provided by Member States, the Panel assumes that the claimed effect refers to the maintenance of normal blood LDL-cholesterol concentrations.
A claim on acacia gum and the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol concentrations has already been assessed with an unfavourable outcome (EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products Nutrition and Allergies (NDA), 2009), and the references cited for this claim did not provide any additional scientific data which could be used to substantiate the claim.

Warunki i możliwe ograniczenia stosowania oświadczenia

at least 15g/day