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Who we are

An Arabic gum factory, from Sudanese nodules to milled powder

We do one thing: turn the natural gum of the Acacia senegal tree into clean, consistent Arabic gum, in whole nodules or milled powder.

Gum arabic nodules in a clay bowl

One ingredient, done properly

Village Valley Resources is a specialised Arabic gum factory in Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia. We do not trade a catalogue of ingredients: as standard we buy one raw material, Hashab gum from the Sudan gum belt, and we process it ourselves.

Gum arabic is a natural product, and natural products vary. Nodules differ in colour, size and cleanliness from tree to tree and season to season. Our job is to take that variation out: inspection, cleaning, sorting, crushing, milling and sieving all happen in-house, so the powder in one sack behaves like the powder in the next.

Because we control the milling, we can make the gum in the form a product actually needs: whole nodules, a coarse cut, a fine powder for beverages, or a granulated instant grade that dissolves quickly. Blends with fruit extracts or probiotic cultures are developed on the same line.

When a lot needs testing it goes to an external laboratory recognised by the Malaysian Ministry of Health rather than to a laboratory of our own, and we say so. What we publish about our gum is what we can show.

What we make

The same Sudanese Hashab gum, in three forms.

Whole Arabic gum nodules

Cleaned, sorted, glassy amber nodules of Acacia senegal gum, for buyers who dissolve or mill the gum themselves.

Arabic gum powder

Crushed, ground and sieved to 80 mesh as standard, or to the mesh your process specifies, for beverages, confectionery, supplements and coatings.

Instant and custom blends

Granulated grades that dissolve quickly, with or without fruit extracts, probiotic cultures or added vitamins, developed to your brief.

A filling line inside a food-grade production hall

Why buyers choose our Arabic gum

  1. Sudanese gum only, bought at source

    Hashab gum from the Sudan gum belt and nowhere else, purchased directly in the producing region, so every lot traces back to the region it was collected in.

  2. Every stage in our own hands

    Cleaning, sorting, crushing, milling and sieving are all done in our facility in Rawang, not subcontracted, which is how batch-to-batch consistency is kept.

  3. Milled to the mesh you need

    80 mesh is the standard; coarser or finer grinds are made to specification, and instant grades are granulated rather than spray-dried.

  4. External testing when your specification needs it

    Where your specification requires a lot analysis, it is carried out by an external laboratory recognised by the Malaysian Ministry of Health, and the report that laboratory issues is the one that governs.

What we are working towards

To be the Arabic gum supplier that manufacturers trust for consistency: the same Sudanese gum, cleaned and milled the same way, lot after lot, with nothing published about it that we cannot show.

No.37, Jalan Cempaka 3A, Kawasan Perindustrian Anugerah Suria, 48000, Rawang

Talk to the people who mill it.

Tell us the product you are making and we will tell you which form of Arabic gum suits it, send a specification, and get a sample to you in about a week.

A heap of cleaned gum arabic nodules in warm light