Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Ingredients
- Agar
- Food Additive Number
- E 406, INS 406
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Product hightlights
- Agar-agar is a polysaccharide obtained from marine seaweed of the Rhodophycaeae family through an extraction process that results in a fine homogeneus powder. Bacteriological agar is the essential gelling agent in the preparation of culture media for microbial growth. The main advantage of this special type of agar is the absence of contaminants that can inhibit the optimal growth of microorganisms, along with its exceptional transparency and lot to lot consistency.
- Characteristics
- High gel strength
- Free from inhibitory substances
- Good solubility
- Excellent transparency
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Elaboration of culture media for diagnosis
- Food safety
- Quality controls