{"ok":true,"entry":{"slug":"acacia-fiber","kind":"supplement","name":"acacia fiber","aliases":["gum arabic","acacia gum"],"brands_sg":["NOW Foods","Nutricost","Micro Ingredients","Sports Research","Organic Traditions"],"class":"soluble fiber","tags":["gut"],"use_for":"prebiotic fibre · 10 g a day raised gut bifidobacteria","use_after":null,"use_duration":null,"take_with":"water · the trial doses were stirred into water","pros":["10 g a day raised bifidobacteria and lactobacilli","at 10 g it beat inulin on those counts in one trial","fda counts acacia gum toward dietary fibre"],"cons":["that dose-finding trial ran 4 weeks in healthy adults","bacterial counts are not a symptom or health outcome","the 2023 gut-health source is an editorial letter"],"dose_note":"the dose-finding trial gave healthy volunteers 5, 10, 20 or 40 g a day of gum arabic in water for up to 4 weeks against water as negative control and 10 g inulin as positive control, and reported the optimal daily dose as around 10 g, with bifidobacteria and lactobacilli significantly higher than control at 4 weeks and no significant drawback encountered; a 2023 review describes excellent intestinal tolerance at high daily doses and increased stool water content and stool output; fda counts acacia gum toward the dietary fibre declaration on supplement facts labels, but no rda, ul, fda daily value or hsa singapore daily limit exists for acacia fibre itself","dosage":{"ul":null,"unit":"g","fda_dv":null,"rda_ai":null,"ul_status":"none_established","population":"general adult","hsa_max_daily":null},"ul_status":"none_established","sg_class":null,"cautions":["the evidence is gut-bacteria counts, not tested symptom relief","the dose-finding trial was 4 weeks in healthy volunteers only","the 2023 gut-health source is an editorial letter, not a systematic review","not listed in hsa annex a or b — that is not a safety finding"],"clashes":[],"sources":[{"id":"calame2008","url":"https://europepmc.org/article/MED/18466655","label":"Gum arabic establishes prebiotic functionality in healthy human volunteers in a dose-dependent manner (Calame et al., British Journal of Nutrition 2008) — main result; abstract read via the Europe PMC record, full text is not open access","quote":"Compared with the negative control the numbers of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli 4 weeks after consumption were significantly higher for gum arabic: the optimal dose being around 10 g","accessed":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"calame2008_design","url":"https://europepmc.org/article/MED/18466655","label":"Calame et al., British Journal of Nutrition 2008 — study design and tolerance","quote":"Human healthy volunteers consumed various daily doses (5, 10, 20, 40 g) of gum arabic (EmulGold) in water for up to 4 weeks … 10 g inulin as the positive control … No significant drawback was encountered during the study","accessed":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"calame2008_conclusion","url":"https://europepmc.org/article/MED/18466655","label":"Calame et al., British Journal of Nutrition 2008 — authors' conclusion","quote":"at this dose the numbers of Bifidobacteria, Lactobacilli and Bacteroides were significantly higher for gum arabic than for inulin … It is concluded that gum arabic establishes prebiotic efficacy, at least as good as inulin","accessed":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"elnour2023","url":"https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC10624802","label":"Prebiotic potential of gum Arabic for gut health (Elnour, Abdurahman, Musa & Rasheed; International Journal of Health Sciences 2023) — an editorial letter, not a systematic review","quote":"GA, a dietary fiber with a bifidogenic effect, increases the proportion of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria in healthy subjects. Augmenting stool water content also increases stool output. Intestinal tolerance to GA has also been excellent","accessed":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"fda_fiber_acacia","url":"https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/questions-and-answers-dietary-fiber","label":"US FDA — Questions and Answers on Dietary Fiber (page current as of 25 July 2024), actions taken on dietary fiber","quote":"December 2021: FDA added \"acacia (gum arabic)\" to the existing list of isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates that FDA intends to propose to be added to the definition of dietary fiber.","accessed":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"hsa_prohibited","url":"https://file.go.gov.sg/hsa-chp-prohibited-restricted-ing-guidelines.pdf","label":"HSA Singapore — Guidelines on Prohibited and Restricted Ingredients in Health Supplements and Traditional Medicines, GL-CHPB-1-012 Rev. No. 001 (October 2025) — Annex A (118 rows) and Annex B (4 rows): acacia fibre / gum arabic / acacia gum / Acacia senegal is NOT LISTED in either; an Acacia entry would have sat between 1. Abrus and 2. Aconitum, and a gum arabic entry between 52. Gluta usitata and 53. Hydrastis canadensis, and neither exists","quote":"The objective of this guideline is to highlight the substances of concern when used in HS and TM and is not meant to be an exhaustive list.","accessed":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"hsa_hs_guidelines","url":"https://file.go.gov.sg/hsa-hs-guidelines.pdf","label":"HSA Singapore — Health Supplements Guidelines GL-CHPB-3-001 (January 2026), clause 4.8 with Tables 4–5, which list vitamins and minerals only — no botanical or fibre rows","quote":"4.8 HS for use by the general adult population should not contain vitamins and minerals exceeding the stipulated limits stated in Tables 4 and 5.","accessed":"2026-08-27"},{"id":"iherb_sg","url":"https://sg.iherb.com/c/acacia-fiber","label":"iHerb Singapore — Acacia Fiber category page, default listing order, 27 Aug 2026","quote":"1 - 13 of 13 results: NOW Foods, Certified Organic Acacia Fiber Pure Powder; Nutricost, Organic Acacia Fiber Powder; Micro Ingredients, Organic Triple Fiber; Sports Research, Organic MCT Oil Powder; Organic Traditions, Fiber Flow Variety Pack","accessed":"2026-08-27"}],"brand_certs":[{"brand":"Sports Research","example":null,"programme":"NSF Certified for Sport","matching_products":0,"brand_total_certified":2}],"updated_at":"2026-08-30T17:59:36.026222+08:00"},"disclaimer":"kozen-x is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. it lists what published sources have written down. absence of a record is not the same as safe."}