Gum Arabic/gum Tragacanth, Can Someone Explain
Decorating By lucysmam Updated 7 Mar 2009 , 9:15pm by lucysmam
their uses, please?
I have been trying to find out all afternoon, using various search engines but the best I am coming up with is where they come from & where I can buy them.
It's only curiosity as I've seen them on the website I have been ordering from & wondered what they both do.
Thank-you [smile]
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-621580.html
Then google gum tragacanth uses of.
Tragacanth is a powdered vegetable gum often used in gumpaste (as well as dental products, medications, etc) to provide flexibility, strength and superb elasticity to the gumpaste to such a degree that it enables you to ruffle extremely thin flower petals, butterfly wings, etc... so thin in fact that you can see through it/them. This can make the artwork more realistic-looking.
Other gums are available which are nearly as good (Tylose, Gum-Tex, Magic Gum to name a few) but Tragacanth is thought to be the 'cadillac' of gums. There are, however, a few drawbacks to using Gum Tragacanth. #1) It is very expensive #2) Need to use more (appx 1/3) than other gums #3) Can be hard to find (most pharmacies no longer carry it) #4) Gumpaste will be slightly less white.
I hope this helps!
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