Carrageenan is a hydrophilic colloid, also known as eucheuma gum, agar, carrageenan, and carrageenan, because carrageenan is a hydrophilic colloid extracted from red algae seaweeds such as eucheuma, agar, and carrageenan. Its chemical structure is composed of calcium, potassium, sodium, and ammonium salts of polysaccharide sulfates composed of galactose and dehydrated galactose. Due to the different binding forms of sulfates, it can be divided into K type (Kappa), I type (Iota), and L type (Lambda). It is widely used in the manufacture of jelly, ice cream, cakes, soft candy, canned food, meat products, eight-treasure porridge, white fungus bird's nest, soup food, cold food, etc.

PRODUCT USAGE

1. In food industry,carrageenan can be used as gelling agent, thickener, stabilizer, suspending agent and clarifier, and can be used in products such as soft candy, jelly, sausage, canned meat, and so on.

2. In pharmaceutical industry, it can be used as medicine suspending agent and dispersant, and can be used to produce capsule products etc.

3.In daily chemical industry, it can be used in toothpaste, detergent, cosmetics and air freshener.