agar agar powder
CAS #: 9002-18-0
EINECS: 232-658-1
Standard: E406
short introduction:
1. high gel strength
2. Stable and coagulating
3. high transparence
Detailed introduction:
Agar consists mainly of high molecular weight polysaccharides extracted from Gracilaria seaweed, agar is a very popular food material, but its uses are not limited to the food industry, but also expanded to applications on biotechnical and medical science, healthcare and nutritional industry, manufacture of cosmetic products as well as agriculture, agar contains more dietary fibers than 80%compared with any other foods.
In Food Industry, Agar has the following characteristics: Stable and coagulating, can be widely used in producing drink, ice cream, sugar, canned food, meat products etc, as coagulant, densifying agent, emulsifying agent, keeping fresh agent, stabilizing agent, floation agent.
In chemical Industry and Medicine & Science Research, Agar is used as ointment-base and cultivate-base and so on.