Foga Organic Gum
A Smile on the face of the farmers, FOGA Organic Gum is a High quality organic producer of gum arabic from Africa with sustainable impact.
High quality organic products from satisfied farmers
All the FOGA products are harvested by farmers FOGA knows. Farmers get:
- Maximum profit
- New young trees to extend their farms
- Support for community projects like education and hygienic training
FOGA’s cleaning factories are built close to the farmers to ease the processing and generate jobs for the society.
Restoring nature
FOGA invest in a green future by planting new acacia trees.
The acacia senegal trees grow best in a hot and dry area on Sahara sand. With their roots they fertilize the ground so other vegetation can grow.
The big trees keep sand on its place to prevent sandstorms. In addition to a positive effect by converting CO2 to oxygen, areas with these trees also attract more rain.
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FOGA ORGANIC GUM ACACIA PRODUCTS
FOGA is producing a range of Organic Gum Acacia (hashab) products like Instant Powder and spray dried arabic gum.
Harvest
To harvest the gum, the bark of the Acacia trees is cut (“tapping”), the resin comes out as little tears or drops. The exudate dries up at the air and is then manually harvested. There are 2 tappings per season in December and March.
Dried resin
After the harvest, the Gum Acacia tears are still soft and have to dry under the sun before the sorting, packing, storage, transport and export.
Granulating / milling: The raw Gum Acacia pieces are processed into different forms like spray dry, instant powder.
Pulverizing: The Gum Acacia is dissolved in water, purified (by sieving and centrifugation), pasteurized, and finally transformed into standardized powders through our company-own drying process.
