Fooding Group Carrageenan

Identification & Functionality

Ingredient Name

Carrageenan

Food Ingredients Functions

Preservative,

Thickener,

Viscosity Modifier

E No.

E407

HS Code

1302391100.0

CAS No.

9000-07-01

EINECS No.

232-524-2

Ingredients

Carrageenan

Food Additive Number

E 407, INS 407

Technologies

Food Ingredients

Product Families

Food Ingredients — Functional Additives

Antioxidants & Preservatives

Food Ingredients — Texture & Consistency

Starches & Thickeners

Place of Origin

China

Features & Benefits

Labeling Claims

Gluten-free,

Halal,

Kosher

Food Ingredients Features

Enhanced Shelf Life

Product Highlights

About Carrageenan

Made from algae or seaweed Carrageenan is a kind of food additive ,and used as a thickener in place of other thickener. Carrageenan is usually derived from either red alga, sometimes called Irish moss, Carrageenan is a common ingredient in many foods, such as milk products like yogurt or chocolate milk. Extracted from red seaweeds, Carrageenan are a family of linear sulfated polysaccharides. Carrageenan is used in baking cooking. Carrageenan are large,highly flexible molecules.

Carrageenan has two kinds, one is refined carrageenan, the other is semi refined carrageenan.Carrageenan belong to food additives.

Carrageenan is widely used in the food and other industries as thickener and stabilizing agents.This means that they are easy to pump but stiffen again afterwards. When Carrageenan is used in food products, carrageenan has the E-number E407 or E407a. When iota carrageenan is combined with sodium stearoyl lactylate,a synergistic effect is created.The essential difference in the refining process is that the carrageenan is dissolved and filtered to remove cell wall debris.

Applications: carrageenan in food, medicine, daily chemical, biochemical, architectural coatings, textile and food aspects of the use is widespread. In the food industry as a gelling agent, thickener, stabilizer, suspending agent and clarifying agent, used in soft candy, jelly, ham, canned meat, ice cream, beverages, condiments, milk, bionic food, jam, beer , bread and pet food. In the pharmaceutical industry can be used as drug suspension, dispersing agents, can also be used to make capsules and other products.

1. In daily chemical industry can be used in toothpaste, detergents, cosmetics and air fresheners and other products. In biochemistry can be used as carriers and immobilized microbial cell carrier.

2. In other areas, industrial water-based paint can be used as paint thickeners, ceramic glaze thickener, thickening of the watercolor, graphite SC, textile and knitted pulp, agricultural agents and kill weeding insect agent suspension.

Applications & Uses

Markets

Food & Nutrition

Applications

Food & Nutrition — Food

Bakery,

Confectionery,

Convenience Foods,

Dairy,

Desserts & Fruit Preparations

Food & Nutrition Applications

Cakes,

Candies,

Canned Meals,

Ice Cream,

Jellies

Applications

 

Carrageenan is a widely used food additives and ingredients, with anti-coagulation, lipid-lowering effect, commonly used in the production of jelly, candy production, ice cream production.Used as a thickener in the food industry.

Properties

Physical Form

Powder,

Solid

Typical Properties

	Value	Units	Test Method / Conditions
Specification	Refined or semi-refined	-	-

Regulatory & Compliance

Certifications & Compliance

Gluten-free,

Halal,

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP),

ISO 9001,

Kosher

Regulatory

 

• Kosher
• Halal
• ISO

Safety & Health

Safety Ratings Key

• Safe

• Gluten Free

Packaging & Availability

Routine Packing

25kgs/bag