AGAR AGAR and AGAR AGAR POWDER

Agar Agar food grade which is commonly known as China Grass or Gulaman Bar is used specially during the Ramzan season while breaking the fast, as this gives a very good cooling effect on the body after the day long fasting.

Agar is used as a thickening agent in low calorie marmalade, jam, processed meat products, bakery fillings, icings, prepared soups, icecreams, etc and as a gelation agent in doughnuts, low calorie marmalade, jam, jelly candy, fruit yoghurt, acidified creams, cheese, puddings, custard, flan, gelatin fruit desserts, processed meat products, bakery fillings, icings, whipped fruit pulp, etc.

Food grade:

Food grade Agar is used in the manufacture of Confectionery, Jellies, Candies, Ice creams, Sweets industries, Glazing and Icing Coatings, Piping Jellies & many other innovative products.
Confectionery:

AGAR AGAR has been used for many centuries as a high performance gelling agent. Its ability to produce clear, colourless, odourless and natural gels without the support of other colloids has long been exploited by the food industry not only as a stabiliser and gelling agent but alsoin the manufacturing of confectionery aspics, glazing, icing coatings, piping jellies, salad dressings, etc.


Diary products:

AGAR AGAR is used in dairy based products when incorporation takes place at the pasteurisation stage. It is considered as a cost effective stabiliser for dairy products where water retention is of importance. It can also be mixed with other colloids to improve their final texture.

Beverage & Food Industry:

Agar can also be used in the production of various beverage and food, for example, jelly, ice-cream, bread, cake, soft candy and can as coagulator, thickening agent, emulsifier, anti-staling agent and stabilizer.

Fruit Juice Soft Candy:

The transparency and taste of soft candy will become better that others as long as the formula is added by 0.8-1.5% of agar-agar.

Bread & Cake:

Owing to its water-holding function, adding proper Agar-agar can prolong storage time of bread and cake and improve the color and their taste.

Meat can & ham:

Adding 2% of agar-agar can form gel that can adhere effectively to scrap meat.

The clarifier of Beer:

As auxiliary clarifier, agar-agar can accelerate the speed of clarifying and improve the effect of clarity.