Carrageenan

Carrageenan, also known as carrageenan, deer horn alga, is a kind of polymer hydrophilic polysaccharide extracted from red algae, with high economic value, is one of the world's three major seaweed gum industrial products (jeongan, carrageenan, brown alga). Carrageenan is a food additive, and food grade carrageenan is white to light yellow brown, wrinkled surface, slightly shiny translucent flake or powder, odorless and tasteless, taste slimy

 

Testing Projects	Quality Sandard	Test Results
Sensory requirements	--	White powder
Mesh size	95% passed the 80mesh	Confirm
2- Sulfate ( count as SO4 )/%	15~40	31.00%
Viscosity/mpa·s	≥5 mpa·s	114.0
Moisture	≤12.0	10.64
Total ash content	15~40	20
Potassium gel strength (g/cm²)	≥1200 g/cm²	1500
Water gel strength (g/cm²)	/	200
Whiteness	/	70
Transparency	/	96.00%
pH	8--11	8.61
Arsenic (mg/kg)	≤3	Confirm
Lead (mg/kg)	≤5	Confirm
Cadmium (mg/kg)	≤2	Confirm
Mercury (mg/kg)	≤1	Confirm
Total plate count (CFU/g)	≤5000	<100
E. coli (CFU/g)	<3	Negative
Salmonella (25g)	Negative	Negative

 

Application

Carrageenan is widely used in food industry because of its good water retention, thickening, emulsification, gelling and safety and non-toxic characteristics, widely used in the manufacture of jelly, ice cream, cakes, soft candy, canned meat products, eight-precious congee, , soup food, cold food and so on

Packing

25KG BAG/DRU