Agar, also known as Agar-agar, is a type of vegetable gum, commonly made from Marine euestrin, gracilaria, gracilaria, etc.
Agar is a colorless, amorphous solid soluble in hot water.
Agar is commercially available in powder, bar, block and other forms.
Applications
1) Agar Agar is a polysaccharide body extracted from seaweed. It is one of the most widely used seaweed gums in the world. It is widely used in food industry, daily chemical industry, biological engineering and many other aspects.
2) Agar-Agar used in food can obviously change the quality of food, improve the grade of food, the price is higher.
Its characteristics are solidification, stability and other physical and chemical properties, can form complex with some substances, can be used as thickening agent, coagulant, suspension agent, emulsifier, preservative and stabilizer.
3) Agar is widely used in the manufacture of orange and various drinks, jelly, ice cream, pastry, gummy, canned, meat products, eight treasure porridge, tremella bird's nest, soup food, cold food and so on