St. John s bread

Another group of natural flavoring ingredients comprises those obtained by extraction from certain plant products such as vanilla beans, Hcotice root, St. John s bread, orange and lemon peel, coffee, tea, kola nuts, catechu, cherry, elm bark, cocoa nibs, and gentian root. These products are used in the form of alcohohc infusions or tinctures, as concentrations in alcohol, or alcohol—water extractions termed fluid or soHd extracts. Official methods for their preparation and specifications for all products used in pharmaceuticals are described (54,55). There are many flavor extracts for food use for which no official standards exist the properties of these are solely based on suitabiUty for commercial appHcations (56). 

Sodenbrot, n. carob bean, St.-John s-bread. sodieren, v.t. treat or wash with soda, soeben, adt. just, just now. aof., abbrev. (sofort) immediately (sofortig) immediate (sofern) so far as. sofem conj. so far as, inasmuch as. sofort, adv. immediately, at once, sofortig, a. immediate, instantaneous, sog, pret. (of saugen) sucked, sucked up. 

The carob, or locust bean, tree, Ceratonia siliqua L., is indigenous to Mediterranean shores. It produces flat pods, known as St. John s bread, eight to twelve inches long, from which the seeds are removed and processed to yield locust bean gum. The deseeded pods are dried, broken, and sold as "kibble", which can be roasted and ground to provide a nutrient flavoring agent. 

SYNS ALGAROBA CAROB BEAN GUM CAROB FLOUR NCI-C50419 ST.JOHN S BREAD SUPERCOL... 

Synonyms Algaroba Carob bean gum Carob flour Carob gum Ceratonia Ceratonia siliqua Ceratonia siliqua gum Locust bean gum Locust gum St. John s bread... 

Classification Polysaccharide plant mucilage Definition Ground seed of the ripe fruit of St. John s Bread (Ceratonia siSqua)... 

Synonyms Carob bean extract Carob extract Ceratonia siliqua Ceratonia siliqua extract Locust tree extract St. John s bread extract... 

Stir Sperse . See Corn (Zea mays) starch Stixso RR. See Sodium silicate St. John s bread. See Locust bean (Ceratonia siliqua) gum... 

Locust gum, also called locust bean gum, carob, carobin or algar-roba, is obtained as flour from the endosperm of seeds of the carob tree also known as St John s bread Ceratonia siliqua, Cae-sapliniaceae). The tree comes from the Western Mediterranean region (Southern Europe, Northern Africa), but now grows mainly in Spain and in the subtropical regions of the United States and Australia. 

Linalyl isobutyrate appears also to be present. When saponifying the fractions boiling between 80 and 111 (at 6 to 7 mm. pressure) and which had been treated with bisulphite, which on the average gave the saponification number 20 4, there was isolated, in addition to an add with a pungent odour (possibly formic acid), another acid with a distinct odour like St. John s bread. The silver content of its silver salt did not, however, agree with the value calculated for silver isobufyrate, which may have been caused by the presence of formate or acetate. 

Carob pods are believed to be the locusts consumed by St. John the Baptist, hence the name St. John s bread. Seeds were used in ancient times as weight units for gold from which the term carat is reportedly derived. 

Regulatory Status. Essential oil, solvent-free oleoresin, and natural extractives of carob bean/St. John s bread are GRAS... 

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