Carrageenan

Synonyms

Carrageenin

iota Carrageenan

iota-Carrageenan

kappa Carrageenan

kappa-Carrageenan

lambda Carrageenan

lambda-Carrageenan

A water-soluble extractive mixture of sulfated polysaccharides from RED ALGAE. Chief sources are the Irish moss CHONDRUS CRISPUS (Carrageen), and Gigartina stellata. It is used as a stabilizer, for suspending COCOA in chocolate manufacture, and to clarify BEVERAGES.

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