What is food additive agar

Introduction: do you know what food additive agar is? Agar is used as a medium for bacterial culture, food gels and textile industry Rational use of food additives is good for enriching food production and promoting human health Do you know what agar is? What kind of food should agar be used for? Agar, scientific name agar, English name (agar), also known as agar agar, Haidong vegetable, frozen powder, agar, rock glue, swallow vegetable essence, ocean powder, cold weather, caraway silk, is a kind of plant glue, which is made of Eucheuma, rock cauliflower, Gracilaria, etc in common use, it is a colorless, non fixed shape solid, soluble in hot water It is widely used in the food industry and is also commonly used as a bacterial culture medium Why is it called agar? It is mainly made of kylin or cauliflower from Hainan Hainan is short for Qiong Agar, a polysaccharide extracted from seaweed, is one of the most widely used seaweed gels in the world It is widely used in food industry, pharmaceutical industry, daily chemical industry, bioengineering and many other aspects Agar can significantly change the quality of food and improve the quality of food The price is very high Its characteristics: it has coagulability, stability, can form complex with some substances and other physical and chemical properties, and can be used as thickener, coagulant, suspending agent, emulsifier, preservative and stabilizer It is widely used in the manufacture of granular orange and various drinks, jelly, ice cream, pastry, soft candy, canned goods, meat products, Babao porridge, tremella bird's nest, soup food, cold food, etc agar can be used as culture medium, ointment medium and other purposes in chemical industry, medical research Nowadays, many foods have food additives, so what is food additives? In fact, food additives are synthetic or natural substances added into food to improve the quality of food such as color, fragrance and taste, as well as the needs of antisepsis and processing technology Some food additives are harmful to human body, but China's food safety detector can accurately check whether the food is safe and whether there is excessive use of additives, so that we can eat food more safely If you want to know more about food additives, please go to Baibai safety net Editor in charge: he xianrob