Complaint
Agar,alsoknown as Agar-Agarand gelose,is a polysaccharide estract ofmarine red seaweed and one of the most widely used seaweed gum in the world. Agar-Agar has been used as afood additive for centuries.In the 1950s,industrial agars in powdered form were first manufactured in western countries and introduced to the fields offood, cosmetics,and pharmaceuticals. BLG Agar-Agar is isolated from premium natural seaweed such as Graclaria verucosa and Gelidium amansii via extraction and refinement. Agar-Agar is usually white or pale yellow, colloidal,odorless or has a slight odor. tis insoluble in cold water but soluble in boiling water.Agair-Agar has an estremely useful and unique property in food industryapplications. It has properties such as geling and stability, and it can also form complexes with some substances. It can be used as thickening agent, coagulant,suspending agent,emulsifier, preservative and stabilizer.
Product Advantages
Thickening
Stabilization
Suspension
Gelling
Emulsification
Applications
Yogurt,confetionery products,icecream,funcional products, ricewine,meat products,etc.
| Test Items | Specification | Test Result |
| Appearance | Yellowish to white flowing powder | Complies |
| Odor | Characteristic | Complies |
| Gel Strength (g/cm2) | 500-1500 | |
| Particle size | 80 mesh | Complies |
| Extract solvents | Water and Ethanol | Complies |
| Loss and drying | ≤22% | Complies |
| Acid-insoluble ash | ≤0.5% | Complies |
| Insoluble matter | <1.0 | Complies |
| Heavy metals | <10ppm | Complies |
| Arsenic( As) | <2ppm | Complies |
| Lead (Pb) | <2ppm | Complies |
| Cadmium( Cd) | <1ppm | Complies |
| Mercury( Hg) | <1ppm | Complies |
| Escherichia coli | Negative | Negative |
| Salmonella | Negative | Negative |
| Conclusion | Qualified With Enterprise Standard | |
