Carrageenan is a product derived from certain types of red algae, a seaweed found throughout the coasts of North America and Europe. The product is most often used as a thickening agent in place of animal-based products like gelatin, which is extracted from animal bones.
Usage
1. In food industry,carrageenan can be used as gelling agent, thickener, stabilizer, suspending agent and clarifier, and can be used in products such as soft candy, jelly, sausage, canned meat, and so on.
2. In pharmaceutical industry, it can be used as medicine suspending agent and dispersant, and can be used to produce capsule products etc.
3.In daily chemical industry, it can be used in toothpaste, detergent, cosmetics and air freshener.
Specification Of Carrageenan Powder Refined:
| Items | Standards | ||
| Appearance | White Powder | ||
| Paticle Size | Min 95% Pass 120 Mesh | ||
| Total Sulfate (%) | 15- 40 | ||
| Loss on drying (%) | 12 Max | ||
| Viscosity (1.5%, 75°C, mPa.s ) | 5 Min | ||
| Gel Strength (1.5% w/w, 0.2% KCl, 25°C, g/cm2) | 1400 Min | ||
| Transparency (%) | 75 Min | ||
| pH (1% solution) | 8- 11 | ||
| Lead | 5 mg/kg Max | ||
| Arsenic | 3 mg/kg Max | ||
| Mercury | 1 mg/kg Max | ||
| Cadmium | 1 mg/kg Max | ||
| Total Heavy Metals (as Pb) | 10 mg/kg Max | ||
| Total Plate Count | 5000 cfu/g Max | ||
| Yeasts & Moulds | 300 cfu/g Max | ||
| Salmonella spp. | Negative in 5 g | ||
| E. coli | Negative in 10 g |
Specification Of Carrageenan Kappa Refined:
| Items | Standards | ||
| Appearance | Yellowish to yellow powder | ||
| Paticle Size | Min 95% Pass 120 Mesh | ||
| Total Sulfate (%) | 15- 40 | ||
| Loss on drying (%) | 12 Max | ||
| Viscosity (1.5%, 75°C, mPa.s ) | 5 Min | ||
| Gel Strength (1.5% w/w, 0.2% KCl, 25°C, g/cm2) | 500 Min | ||
| pH (1% solution) | 8- 10 | ||
| Lead | 5 mg/kg Max | ||
| Arsenic | 3 mg/kg Max | ||
| Mercury | 1 mg/kg Max | ||
| Cadmium | 1 mg/kg Max | ||
| Total Heavy Metals (as Pb) | 10 mg/kg Max | ||
| Total Plate Count | 5000 cfu/g Max | ||
| Yeasts & Moulds | 300 cfu/g Max | ||
| Salmonella spp. | Negative in 5 g | ||
| E. coli | Negative in 10 g |
