Chemical & Material
Carrageenan
Carrageenan (also known carrageenin) is a family of linear sulphated polysaccharides that extracted from red seaweeds such as eucheuma cottonii, eucheuma spinosum, etc., with an ability to form gel, stabilize, thicken, emulsify, film, which applied as gelling, thickening, stabilizing, emulsifying or suspending agent in food, daily chemical and pharm industry.
- Types
- Kappa Carrageenan · Iota Carrageenan · Lambda Carrageenan
- Applications
- Food industry · Daily chemical industry · Pharmaceutical industry
5 editions21 December 2025