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AGAR-AGAR
Agar-agar
is an alga polysaccharide extracted from a type of red seaweed. It’s a pure
and natural product with high gel strength without any chemical composition, yet
it is rich in iodine and protein.
We are proud to announce that our
agar-agar reaches GB1972-80 China National Standard as well as exporting requirements.
Agar-agar
has a wide variety of usage. It can be used as gelatin, emulsifier, thickening,
and gelling agents. Some examples are:
 MEDICINE
field: it is used as a culture media in plant tissue culture, in pathogenic and
non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi; it is also used in the preparation of dental casts and the production of hollow medicine capsules.
 FOOD
field: it has been used high performance gelling, texturizing, emulsifying,
stabilizing, and thickening agents in ice cream, jelly, gummy candy, pork
luncheon meat, ham, sausage, tomato sauce, coconut sauce, etc; it is also used
as a clarifying agent in winemaking and brewing.
The
usage portion of agar-agar is ordinarily between 0.3 and 1.5%.
CHEMICAL
field: agar-agar has been exploited in making high-grade cream for protecting
skin, hair emulsion, gel for finalizing hair design, etc.
BUILDING
field: due to its stickiness, agar-agar is used in all kinds of paint for
waterproofing and preventing leaking.
The
specification of our agar-agar is as follows:
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GB1972-80
National Standard |
Enterprise
Standard |
| Moisture |
≤22% |
≤12% |
| Residue
on ignition |
≤5% |
≤3% |
| Water
insoluble |
≤1% |
≤1% |
| Arsenic
(As) |
≤0.0001% |
≤0.0001% |
| Heavy
metals (Pb) |
≤0.004% |
≤0.004% |
| Gel
strength (1.5%, 20oC) |
Not
stipulated |
≥1000g/cm2 |
| Particle
size |
Not
stipulated |
60-80
mesh |
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