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Q&A:
Understanding Edible Glitter

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Edible Glitter provides food formulators, bakers and culinary professionals with an easy
way to innovate. These colorful flakes can be
customized to meet labeling claims, as well
as add value in terms of flavor innovation and
marketplace differentiation. There's an Edible
Glitter for every food application, according
to Gavin Watson, vice-president of operations,
Watson Inc. Food Business News spoke with
Mr. Watson to better understand Edible Glitter
and the economical and logistical benefits in
using it in large-scale commercial operations.

FBN: What is gum Arabic?
Food Business News:
What is Edible Glitter?
Mr. Watson: Watson's Edible Glitter is a gum Arabic-based film. By weight,
the glitter is almost 100%
gum Arabic. The only
other ingredient is often
color. It's the customer's
choice of color, either
FD&C (exempt colors) or
from natural sources. The
Gavin Watson,
glitter can also contain
vice-president of
operations, Watson Inc.
flavor, natural or artificial.
We can use flavors from
any flavor house and often formulate using a customer's proprietary
flavors provided to us from their preferred
supplier. Some of the great things about
Edible Glitter is that it is allergen free and
contains no sugar or hydrogenated vegetable
oil. It's also free of partially hydrogenated oils
(P.H.O.s), which is not the case with many jimmie-style sprinkles.

Mr. Watson: Also called gum Acacia, gum
Arabic is the dried, gummy exudate from
stems and branches of trees of various species of the genus Acacia, family Leguminosae. It is used in many food applications,
including beverages, frostings, dairy products, candies and snack foods. The Acacia
tree, which is native to semi-dessert regions
of sub-Saharan Africa, is of great economic importance to the region. The exudate is
harvested by local farmers and recognized



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