agar-agar, E406, gelose, Japan agar, Bengal, Ceylon, Chinese or Japanese isinglass : Layor Carang
a stabilizer and thickening agent extracted from seaweed, dried and bleached, then processed to powder form. When hydrated it is virtually colourless, tasteless and odourless, and when cooled to below, merepunavetikaist saadav kõrgmolekulaarne polüsahhariid, mida looduses leidub msg. sooladena. Temperatuuril 95 C muutub lahustumatu amorfne agar vees kolloidlahuseks, mis alla 45 C jahtudes annab tard