TIC Gums Inc., Belcamp, Md. has addressed these challenges and is working to bring gum arabic's benefits back in the limelight.
"The fluctuations in raw material availability occurred at a time when the Sudan was the only viable source of gum arabic," says Frances Bowman, marketing manager for TIC Gums. The company has now developed several non-Sudanese sources of gum arabic, solving the price fluctuation issue.