| Food additive- | Agar Agar; |
| High gel strength Agar Agar | |
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Agar Agar is typically a strong gelling polysaccharide derived from seaweeds.
We at Kevin Food use selected high quality Gracilaria to develop and formulate standard and tailored types of food grade Agar Agar with consistent gel strength, high transparence and low microbiological to satisfy our customers worldwide.
The well-known properties of Agar as gelling , stabilizing, suspending and thickening agents at low dosage make it widely used in food industry like Confectionary, Jam, Sauce, Bakery and Cake, Drink, Processed Meat, Dairy product, Canned Food, Ice Cream, and Pharmaceutical etc.
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| Agar Agar Product specs: | |
| Particle size: | 80 mesh |
| Appearance: | odorless, white powder |
| Gel strength: | 800~1400g/cm2 |
| (1.5%w/w, 20C) | |
| Ash: | < 3% |
| Moisture: | < 12% |
| Sulphate: | < 1% |
| pH value: | 6.5~7.5 |
| Water Insoluble: | < 1% |
| Heavy Metal (as Pb): | < 30ppm |
| Arsenic: | < 3ppm |
| Total plate count: | < 5000cfu/g |
| Yeasts and moulds: | < 100cfu/g |
| E. Coli : | not detected |
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The well-known properties of Agar Agar as gelling, stabilizing, suspending and thickening agents at low dosage make it widely used in food industry like soft-Jelly, confectionary, jam , sauce, bakery and cake, drink, processed meat, dairy product, canned food, ice cream, etc.
And Pharmaceutical industry: Agar can be also used in pharmaceutical industry as thickening agent, excipient agent, etc.. |
