Agar Agar is extracted by seaweed polysaccharides body, the world's most widely use of one of seaweed glue. It in the food industry, medicine industry, daily chemical, biological engineering and many other applications, Agar Agar used in food can significantly change the food quality and improve the grade of the food. The price is very high. Agar Agar is ShiHuaCai algae of Gelidium) and JiangLi (of) (Gracilaria made of products for the most commonly used gelatin of microbiological media agent, also used in meat, fish, poultry cans and cosmetics, drug and dental care. Made with algae is translucent Agar Agar powder, amorphous, chip or particles.

Agar Agar in the food industry is the application of an extremely useful unique properties. The characteristics: it has, and stability and can coagulative and some material formation and complex chemical and physical properties, can be used as a thickener, coagulate agent, suspension formulation, emulsifier, BaoXianJi and stabilizer. Widely used to make each and all kinds of drink, jelly orange, ice cream and cakes, soft sweets, tin cans, meat products, rice pudding, tremella bird's nest soup, kind of food, cold food, etc. Agar Agar in chemical industry, medical research, but makes the culture medium, ointment, and other USES.

Agar Agar already by the us food and drug administration regulations as the safety of products, allowed to recognized as food additives in food chemicals as project of pharmacopoeia. Agar Agar hydrophilic gel, points to a strip and powder, insoluble in water, soluble in hot water. Agar Agar in industry has a unique importance, Agar Agar concentrations as low as 1% even can still form a stable gel (frozen glue), is the food industry, chemical industry, medical research institutes must material. Agar Agar can absorb the moisture in the bowel way, make colon content increased quantity, inflation, shit, help stimulate intestines constipation. So people can appropriate constipation often eat some ShiHuaCai.

With ShiHuaCai extract made from the Agar Agar, is a kind of important plant glue, colorless, no fixed shape, but belong to solid, soluble in hot water. Can be used to make LengShiPin Agar Agar Agar Agar and microbiological media, etc. Agar Agar food additives is usually called gelatin or YangFen, also called ShiHua glue, but it is different from another also grew in coastal rock and broken coral near the algae QiongZhi food. The latter is called a choice or glue kirin food, also contain Joan glue, polysaccharide and NianYeZhi, often cooked jell shape edible, or with scalding water bubble with right amount ginger, vinegar mix, also can eat into the formula water frying uniform, the attending bronchitis, pneumonia, phlegm ", enteritis etc, have reduced fat effect.

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