AGAR AGAR

Nutrytex distributes and sells Agar Agar throughout the country for all industrial applications related to the food & beverage sector

What is it

Agar Agar is a polysaccharide, extracted with sulfuric acid from red algae of the genus Gelidium, Gelidiella, Pterocladia, Gracillaria and Sphaerococcus. From a chemical point of view, it is a polygalactoside, a polymer composed, as main monomer, of numerous D-galactose units.

Agar Agar

Nutrytex distributes Agar Agar of the highest quality produced in SELTMARINE factories, thanks to our exclusive distribution mandate.

Properties

Agar-Agar is an important product in the distribution of food additives due to its high thickening and gelling power, which depends on the concentration used; it is sold as a preservative and stabilizer, identified by the acronym E406. One of the most particular characteristics of Agar-Agar is being thermoreversible, it gels at low temperatures but liquefies again if heated; it has very distant solidification and melting temperatures, since it gels below 40°C and melts above 80°C.

Application sectors

As a food additive, the distribution of Agar-Agar is required in many different sectors.

• In the beverage sector it is used as a thickener, to give aqueous drinks a fuller and more satisfying consistency;

• In many areas it replaces animal gelatine; in the confectionery sector it is used in the production of gummy candies and marshmallows, in the dairy sector it is used for the production of panna cotta, and in the savoury sector it is an essential ingredient of many canned meats;

• In the nutrition sector, it is used to give structure and consistency to various products in order to make them more palatable, as well as being indicated for low-calorie products due to its satiating power.

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