Agar-Agar Powder
Food Grade
Gel strength: 700g/cm2-1300g/cm2,
Appearance: white,light yellow,
FDA,HACCP,ISO9001:2000,HALA.
Agar agar is a polysaccharide extracted from seaweeds, as one of the most highly versatile algae gums in world, it is widely used in food, pharmaceutical, daily chemical industries and bioengineering, etc.
In food industry
Gelation, stabilization: Candy, Jelly, Rice cake, Canned food, Ham and Sausage.
Thickening, stabilization: Jam, Peanut butter, Sesame jam.
Stabilization: Ice cream, water ice
Suspension, dispersion, stabilization: Fruit juice, beverage.
Agar agar belongs to the natural polysaccharide, rich in dissolvable fiber, it contents low caloric, has function of health care to the human body, such as clearing the intestinal by removing noxious substances and lowering blood sugar. Apart from that, Agar-agar is widely used as a base of bacterium culture medium and microbe carrier in medicine, agriculture and bioengineering. It can be further made into Agarose, which is widely applied in the analysis and research of clinical diagnosis, biochemistry, microbiology and immunology.
Specification of Agar-Agar | |
Gel Strength: | 700g/cm2-1300g/cm2 |
Appearance: | White to lighe yellow |
Loss weight after drying: | ≤15.0%(strips≤22.0%) |
Dregs after burning: | ≤5.0% |
Water insoluble matter: | ≤1.0% |
Water absorbality: | ≤75ml |
Starch Assay: | No blue color appeared |
Heavy Metal: | ≤0.004% |
Arsenic: | ≤0.0001% |
Mesh: | 80-100 |