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Product name: Quillaia

Botanical Name: Quillaja saponaria

Product Description:
Quillaia is the milled inner bark or small stems and branches of the soapbark (Quillaja saponaria, Molina). Other names include China bark extract, Murillo bark extract, Panama bark extract, Quillai extract, Quillaia extract, Quillay bark extract, Soapbark extract. It contains a high concentration of saponins which is increased by processing; highly purifed quillaia is used to enhance vaccines. Other compounds in the extract include tannins, polyphenols, and calcium oxalate.

Application:
The extract of quillaia is used in the manufacture of food additives (E number 999). It is used as a humectant in baked goods, frozen dairy products, and puddings and as a foaming agent in soft drinks. It also applied in some "natural" spray adjuvant formulations for agricultural uses.

 

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