The Benefits Of Agar Agar Gluten-Free
Agar Agar is the Sodium salt of Alginic acid manufactured through chemical synthesis, available as white or yellowish granular or powder. Agar Agar is one of the popular food additives and ingredients in most countries, As a professional Agar Agar supplier and manufacturer ,Foodchem International Corporation has been supplying and exporting Agar Agar from China for almost 10 years,It’s widely used as food thickener in food and beverage for its ability of increasing liquid viscosity.
Is Agar Agar gluten free?
Yes. Agar Agar is gluten free and widely used in gluten free food to provide stronger texture to salad dressing and fast food.
Why is Agar Agar gluten free?
To answer this question, we need to clarify another question: what is gluten. Gluten is protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. (Wikipedia) First, gluten is a protein. Second, gluten is mainly found in wheat and related grains. As we mentioned before, Agar Agar is an alginate salt which is significantly different from protein. Raw materials used in manufacturing of Agar Agar are alginic acid derived from kelp and calcium salt; Agar Agar barely includes gluten impurity. So, Agar Agar is gluten free.
How is Agar Agar used in gluten free food?
Agar Agar is widely used in food and beverage to provide stronger texture to salad dressing and fast food. Agar Agar is usually used in processed food rather than daily recipe.
Why should you go Gluten free?
Celiac disease: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that attacks the small intestine due to the presence of gluten, for which a gluten-free diet is the only medically-accepted treatment. In 2009 research showed between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of people in the US and UK are sensitive to gluten due to celiac disease. So people with Celiac disease have to stick to gluten free diet to avoid unexpected side effect caused by consumption of gluten.
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity: Some people may be sensitive to gluten but do not have celiac disease and feel better on a diet with less gluten. However, there are no specific symptoms confirmed. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity also drives more people to gluten free diet when people believe that they feel better when eating gluten free.
As a top supplier of food ingredients, Foodchem has been supplying gluten free Agar Agar for over 10 years. Feel free to contact us if you need gluten free Agar Agar . Email: inquiry@foodchem.cn. Tel: +86-21-2206-3075.
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