| Alginates | Cargill Food Ingredients | Alginates are salts of alginic acid, which are extracted from brown seaweed and used as partially nonthermoreversible gelling and thickening agents. It is a polysaccharide that occurs naturally in brown algae as a skeletal component of their cell walls. A...view more Alginates are salts of alginic acid, which are extracted from brown seaweed and used as partially nonthermoreversible gelling and thickening agents. It is a polysaccharide that occurs naturally in brown algae as a skeletal component of their cell walls. Alginate is used in food because it is a powerful thickening agent, stabilizing, and gel-forming agent. view less | |
| Alkemir® - 811 | VEDEQSA | Alkemir®-811 is a high viscosity and small particle size sodium alginate (E-401) extracted from the brown algaes (Phaeophyceae), of medium viscosity and medium gel strengh, purified through salt medium precipitation and successive pH adjustments. It is so...view more Alkemir®-811 is a high viscosity and small particle size sodium alginate (E-401) extracted from the brown algaes (Phaeophyceae), of medium viscosity and medium gel strengh, purified through salt medium precipitation and successive pH adjustments. It is soluble in cold, and it can forms gels in a calcium ion presence. It is suitable for thickening or gelling processing food in aqueous medium. view less |
