Food Thickening Agent Agar Powder / CAS 9002-18-0

• Customization: Available
• CAS No.: 9002-18-0
• Formula: C14h24o9
• Model NO.: agar powder
• Certification: BRC, ISO, FDA, HACCP
• Packaging Material: Plastic
• Storage Method: Normal
• Shelf Life: >12 Months
• Main Active Ingredient: Agar
• Application: Meat, Drinks, Flour Products, Condiment, Jelly/Ice Cream, Baked Goods
• Sample: Availabe
• Purity: 99.8%
• Delivery Time: 10 Days
• Instruction for Use: Food Additives, Thickener
• Transport Package: Bag
• Specification: 25KG/BAG
• Origin: China
• HS Code: 2933399090
• Production Capacity: 5000mts Per Month

Product Description

Product Description

Because of its special gelling properties, agar has remarkable stability, hysteresis and hysteresis, and is easy to absorb water, so it has a special stabilizing effect; it has been widely used in food, medicine, chemical industry, textile, national defense and other fields. In the food industry, it has excellent functions of bulking agent, thickener, emulsifier, gelling agent, stabilizer, excipient, suspending agent, and moisture retaining agent, and can be used in the production of: crystal soft candy, shaped soft candy , Aquatic products, canned meat, juice drinks, pulp drinks, rice wine drinks, dairy drinks, boutiques, dairy cakes, jellies, puddings, etc.
 

Applications

1) Agar Agar is a polysaccharide body extracted from seaweed. It is one of the most widely used seaweed gums in the world. It is widely used in food industry, daily chemical industry, biological engineering and many other aspects.

2) Agar-Agar used in food can obviously change the quality of food, improve the grade of food, the price is higher.
Its characteristics are solidification, stability and other physical and chemical properties, can form complex with some substances, can be used as thickening agent, coagulant, suspension agent, emulsifier, preservative and stabilizer.
3) Agar is widely used in the manufacture of orange and various drinks, jelly, ice cream, pastry, gummy, canned, meat products, eight treasure porridge, tremella bird's nest, soup food, cold food and so on

Specification

Testing Items	Specifications
Appearance	Yellowish to white flowing powder
Particle Size, %	95% pass 80 mesh
Odor	Characteristic odor
Loss on drying%	≤22.0
Ash content	≤6.5
Acid-insoluble ash%	≤0.5
Insoluble matter%	≤1.0
Starch test	Conforms
Gelatin test	Conforms
Ph	5.0-9.0
Gel Strength	≥900
Arsenic	≤3.0
Lead	≤5.0
Mercury	≤1
Cadmium	≤1
Total plate count	≤5000
Yeast and mould	≤300
Escherichia coli	Absent in 5g

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