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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