Gum products (was:: why not gelatin)

Sil Horwitz (silh@iag.net)
Wed, 14 May 1997 11:53:30 -0400

At 11:27 AM 970514 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-05-14 10:49:35 EDT, jkolar@monsoon.colorado.edu
>
>Gum is also an animal product.

Incorrect. All common gums (gum arabic, for example) are of vegetable
origin, usually from the sap of trees and other plants. Does anyone know of
a gum from animals? I'm curious as I have no record of any.

Sil Horwitz, FPSA
Technical Editor, PSA Journal
silh@iag.net