ORIGIN RECORD
MI-2026 · N°001
ORIGINOuaddaï · Salamat · Chari-Baguirmi, CHAD
HARVESTNovember to March
GRADESHard (Senegal) · Friable (Seyal)
PARIS 2.35°E
N’DJAMENA 15.03°E
TRADING HOUSE — PARIS · N’DJAMENA
Gum arabic, sourced at the tree.
Delivered with proof.
MAMO International supplies raw gum arabic from Chad to processors and traders across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Gulf. One documented chain from origin to shipment: GPS-mapped collection zones, an independent certificate of analysis on every lot, and a single, accountable partner who answers for the shipment end to end.
THE HOUSE
“Between Paris and N’Djamena, we built what this market was missing: a straight, documented line from the acacia tree to your plant.”
— Mahamat Younous Abdel Salam, founder
MAMO International was founded on a simple observation: industry worldwide needs Chadian gum arabic, and Chad’s producers need a reliable route to that industry. We are that route — commercial and documentary rigor in Paris, collection, sorting and control on the ground in N’Djamena.
OUR PILLARS
Four commitments. Each one with its proof.
01
Traceability
Every lot is documented from the collection zone to the port of loading. You know where your gum grew, who collected it, and when.
PROOF — Certificate of origin · GPS-mapped zones · lot photos · pre-shipment inspection · EUDR-ready documentation
Read the pillar →02
Quality
Hand-sorted nodules, controlled at origin and analysed by independent laboratories before shipment. No lot leaves without its file.
PROOF — SGS-type analyses per lot: moisture, ash, acid-insoluble matter, optical rotation, microbiology
Read the pillar →03
Competitiveness
A direct line to producer groups removes the layers of intermediaries that inflate prices. The savings are structural, not promotional. In a market at historic price levels, a shorter chain is the only honest discount.
PROOF — Direct producer mandate · FOB Douala / CIF major ports worldwide
Read the pillar →04
Commitment
Gum collection is a lifeline for Sahelian households. We buy directly from producer groups at committed prices — a supply chain people can rely on, on both ends.
PROOF — Direct purchasing · 500,000+ households live from gum collection in Chad
Read the pillar →PRODUCT
Raw gum arabic, specified.
Raw Chadian gum arabic in two species and two grades, prepared, controlled and documented for industrial processing.
SPEC SHEET — RAW GUM ARABIC · CHAD
MI-DOC-01 · 2026
SpeciesAcacia Senegal (hard) · Acacia Seyal (friable)
Grades1 & 2, hand-sorted nodules
Packaging25/50 kg woven bags
IncotermsFOB Douala · CIF major ports worldwide
First orderone 20 ft trial container (±20 t)
Paymentconfirmed irrevocable L/C · documentary collection
Monthly capacity[PLACEHOLDER] t/month
Every first collaboration starts with samples and a trial container. We earn volume; we do not ask for it.
SPECIFICATIONS & FOOD SAFETY
We supply to the E414 specification. Every lot proves it.
Food-grade gum arabic is additive E414. Its purity criteria are set by EU Regulation 231/2012. We commit to these limits and ship a certificate of analysis with every lot. For shipments to the United States, the same lots align with the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) monograph for gum arabic; gum arabic is GRAS-affirmed under the FDA, and FSVP import documentation is provided on request.
E414 SPECIFICATION — EU REG. 231/2012
MI-QA-01 · 2026
Loss on drying≤ 17% (granular) · ≤ 10% (spray-dried)
Total ash≤ 4%
Acid-insoluble ash≤ 0.5%
Acid-insoluble matter≤ 1%
Arsenic / Lead≤ 3 mg/kg · ≤ 2 mg/kg
Mercury / Cadmium≤ 1 mg/kg · ≤ 1 mg/kg
Salmonellaabsent in 10 g
Escherichia coliabsent in 5 g
DOCUMENTATION PER LOT
Independent laboratory certificate of analysis, certificate of origin, and lot photographs travel with every container.
CONTROL AT ORIGIN
Hand-sorting and grading in N’Djamena under an HACCP-based control plan, with sealed sampling before shipment.
Certification roadmap — what we hold and what is next
NOW — Certificate of analysis per lot (EU Reg. 231/2012) · certificate of origin · HACCP-based sorting
2026–2027 — Kosher, Halal and Fair for Life certification under study · buyer audits welcomed on site
2027 — Organic certification study (wild-harvest collection zones)
We publish only what we can prove today, and the trajectory we are committed to. We claim no certification we do not hold.
WHERE OUR GUM ENDS UP
We sell raw gum. We understand finished products.
Gum arabic (E414) is in daily life everywhere — a soft drink, a glass of wine, a cereal bar, a tablet coating. Knowing your applications means grading, sorting and documenting our lots the way your production actually needs them.
Beverages & soft drinks
emulsification and stabilisation of citrus oils and clouds
Flavours & encapsulation
carrier of choice for spray-dried flavour systems
Confectionery
texture, crystallisation control, coating
Wine & oenology
colloidal stabilisation, roundness
Nutrition & fibre
acacia fibre: a fast-growing prebiotic, from gut health to GLP-1-era formulation
Pharma
tablet coating, excipients, listed in national and international pharmacopoeias
Cosmetics
natural film-forming and texturing agent
Technical uses
inks, lithography, from oenology to industry
SENEGAL (HARD) FOR EMULSION-GRADE USES · SEYAL (FRIABLE) FOR FIBRE & CONFECTIONERY
TRACEABILITY
Five steps. A document at each one.
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1
Collection
GPS-identified zones, harvest November–March
ZONE RECORD -
2
Sorting
Manual sorting and grading in N’Djamena
LOT PHOTOS -
3
Control
Independent laboratory analysis per lot
ANALYSIS CERTIFICATE -
4
Export
Loading at Douala under inspection
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN -
5
Delivery
Complete documentary file with every container
FULL DOSSIER
SUPPLY SECURITY
Origin diversification is no longer optional.
70–80%
of world supply historically came from Sudan, now disrupted by conflict. Buyers face both scarcity and ethical-sourcing risk.
×1.7
export prices from about $1,800 to $3,000/t since 2022; import averages worldwide near $5,280/t in 2025. Structural, not cyclical.
$1.5bn
projected world market by 2034, about double 2025 — driven by clean label, natural emulsifiers and prebiotic fibre.
Chad is the world’s second producer. MAMO International exists to make that origin as documented and dependable as the one the market is losing.
TAPPED · NOT CUT
ACACIA, THE SAHEL’S QUIET ENGINEER
A harvest that heals the land it comes from.
Gum is tapped, not taken: a shallow incision on trunk and branches triggers natural exudation; nodules dry in the open air and are hand-collected weeks later. The tree is unharmed and produces for decades.
Acacia trees hold back the desert — they fix soils, restore fertility and shelter the Sahel’s agro-pastoral balance. Every tonne bought is an incentive to keep them standing, in the very corridor of Africa’s Great Green Wall.
Harvest runs from November to March, in GPS-identified zones across Ouaddaï, Salamat and Chari-Baguirmi.
IMPACT
More than 500,000 Chadian households live from gum collection. Buying directly, at committed prices, keeps value where the trees grow — and keeps the chain steady, at both ends.
DIRECT PURCHASING · COMMITTED PRICES · HARVEST NOVEMBER–MARCH
PARIS 2.35°E — N’DJAMENA 15.03°E
One house, two capitals.
PARIS
Commercial desk, contracts & documentation
[PLACEHOLDER: Paris address]
N’DJAMENA
Field office: collection, sorting, quality control
[PLACEHOLDER: N’Djamena address]
CONTACT
Start with your questions. Then with samples. The rest follows.
contact@mamo-international.com Or fill the request form[PLACEHOLDER: +33] · [PLACEHOLDER: +235]
Response within 24 hours on business days.