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Agar agar
Agar Agar is a natural macromolecule polysaccharide product extracted from seaweeds such as porphyra and Gracilaria etc. and refined by scientific methods. It is composed of Agarose and Agaropectin.
CAS NO. 9002-18-0
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Agar Agar is usually white or tiny yellow, free of smell or having a light characteristic smell. It can't dissolve in cold water, but can easily dissolve in boiling water and dissolve slowly in hot water.
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Agar Agar plays a special important role in industry. The concentration of Agar Agar can still form quite stable gel even the concentration fall to 1%.It is the necessary raw material of food industry, chemical industry, and medical research.
Agar Agar owns useful and specific characters: physical and chemical property are concretion, stability, can form complex together with other substances, can be used for thickener, coagulator, suspension agent, emulsifier, antistaling agent, and stabilizer.
ITEMS | SPECIFICATION | ||
Superfine Agar powder | Agar powder | Agar strip | |
Color | From white to light yellow | From white to light yellow | From white to light yellow |
Gel strength | ≥1300g/cm2 | ≥900g/cm2 | ≥400g/cm2 |
Sieve residue -80 | 95% passed | 95% passed | 95% passed |
Moisture | ≤9% | ≤11% | ≤20% |
Ash | ≤2.0% | ≤3.0% | ≤5.0% |
Hot water Insoluble | ≤1% | ≤1% | ≤1% |
Water Absorbent | ≤75ml | ≤75ml | ≤75ml |
Starch | Not blue | Not blue | Not blue |
Pb | ≤20ppm | ≤20ppm | ≤20ppm |
Arsenic | ≤3ppm | ≤3ppm | ≤3ppm |
Lead | ≤5ppm | ≤5ppm | ≤5ppm |
Gelatin | Passes test | Passes test | Passes test |
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