Talk:Gum arabic

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"Gum arabic is taken from the sap of the acacia tree."

Indeed. Why? What's it for? What does it do? Properties, History... research!!!!

Aww, don't bite the newbies! It is a wiki, anyway, afterall :) Dysprosia 03:51, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I changed the link to the mentos and coke experiment to point to a google video i found while researching the experiemnt because the link that was there wasnt working for me (it would load the page but not the video). Calebegg 23:02, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, now that Google link itself doesn't appear to work. --Paulmoloney 14:15, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Link should work. Thanks for noticing it. I'll edit it back in. Gee, I'm famous on the internet... -- The Linux Fairy (Joshua Wise)

The external link did not work so I pointed it to some random google video --Magicmasta 22:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)--

[edit] "Mentos and coke" experiment explanation

I very much doubt that the surface activity of gum arabic has anything to do with its ability to nucleate carbon dioxide release from carbonated beverages. If this were so, dishwashing liquid should do at least as good a job, and probably a better one. Speaking as a scientist who has worked in this area, I believe that it is much more likely that the hydrophobic regions along the gum arabic molecule (which are responsible for its ability to stabilize emulsions through providing anchoring points to oil droplets) may act as nucleation sites for bubble formation.

Hi, I've started a page about this mentos experiment and added the scientific explanation provided on the science website ([1]) of the person who popularized the experiment. But I don't really understand the science behind it. Since you are a scientist you no doubt would understand it more than me. And it would be an honor to have you edit the page that I made Mentos eruption -Thanks

[edit] Snapple

Can anyone provide a date as to when Snapple changed their labels? Or even verify that they ever used the old name at all?

The Storm Surfer 09:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

"Gum arabic is found in lemons." - um... is it? KLF Fitton 10:13, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is a fantastic article

This is by far, one of the funniest serious articles on wikipedia. The whole snapple thing... that cracked me up pretty good cause it so simple and stupid, but I guarantee it would have worked if it was ever really a problem in the first place. And then, it got even better. John Ukec Lueth Ukec was quoted at the Washington press conference, "I want you to know that the gum arabic which runs all the soft drinks all over the world, including the United States, mainly 80 percent is imported from my country," which he said after raising a bottle of Coca-Cola. According to the Washington Post, a reporter then asked if Sudan was threatening to "stop the export of gum arabic and bring down the Western world." To which Ukec replied, "I can stop that gum arabic and all of us will have lost this," and gestured to the Coke bottle. At that point, I just completely lost it for a good ten minutes. Thanks guys! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Momo Hemo (talk • contribs) 08:32, 16 October 2007 (UTC)