For thousands of years, thorny African acacia trees have provided food and shelter to aggressive biting ants, which protected the trees by attacking animals that try to eat the acacia leaves. Called ...
Acacia gum, or food additive E414, is used by food and beverage manufacturers as a natural texturizing agent. FoodNavigator travels to Senegal to find out how the plant exudate is ‘tapped’ from ...
Asgar Ali receives funding from the Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia . He is affiliated with the Centre of Excellence for Postharvest Biotechnology (CEPB), University of Nottingham Malaysia. Sap is ...