Product Description

Agar is typically sold as packaged strips of washed and dried seaweed, or in powdered form. Raw agar is white and semi-translucent. For making at a concentration of about 0.**1% w/v (***** a 7 gram packet of powder into 1 litre of water would be 0.7%) until the solids dissolve, after which sweeteners, flavouring, colouring, and pieces of fruit may be added. The agar-agar may then be poured into molds or incorporated into other desserts, such as a jelly layer on a cake. One of the latest fad diets in Asia is the Kanten Diet. Once ingested, kanten triples in size and absorbs water. This results in the consumer feeling more full. Recently this diet has received some press coverage in the United States as well. The diet has shown promise in obsesity studies, but it should be noted that agar/kanten has virtually no nutritional value. It is approximately *0% fiber, so part of the diet’s effectiveness may be a result of it working as a laxative. There are also some (claimed) effects also to the benefits of agar-agar in controlling diabetes. South Fujian Agar Co., ltd. is a professional manufacturer of agar agar and carrageenan.We had been in this line over *0 years, our products meet with FCC & UPS requirement. As a lead of agar and carrageenan, South Fujian Agar Co., ltd. attach great importance to the products quality and sanitary control. We supply about **0mts agar agar & **0mts carrageenan to our value customer all around the world annual. South Fujian Agar Co., ltd. welcome other potential customer contact with us for building bushiness good relationship.