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Specialty Ingredients

Carrageenan

A red-seaweed-derived hydrocolloid used to manage food texture.

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About Carrageenan

In brief

Dairy desserts; Beverages; Sauces and food gels

What it is

A red-seaweed-derived hydrocolloid used to manage food texture. Depending on the carrageenan type and recipe, it can thicken, form gels or help stabilise a formulation.

Key facts

Key facts about Carrageenan
CategoryFood Ingredients
Product rangeSpecialty Ingredients

Features and benefits

Benefits

  • Supports thickening, gelling or stabilisation according to grade.
  • Helps develop the desired food texture.

How it is used

Applications of Carrageenan and how it is used in each
ApplicationHow it is used
Dairy desserts
Beverages
Sauces and food gels

Suitable formulations

  • Dairy desserts
  • Beverages
  • Sauces and food gels

Finished products this class of material is suited to. Talk to us about your formulation.

Technical information

Specifications, handling and supply. Nothing on this page is hidden behind a control.

Supply and delivery

Why buy from Cerium Chemicals

Cerium supplies specialty raw materials to personal care and home care formulators from Industrial Area. Sourcing made easy.

Where we deliver

Cerium supplies formulators across East and Central Africa, dispatched from Industrial Area. Delivery times and freight depend on the pack size and the destination, so they are quoted with your order rather than guessed at here.

Further reading

Independent background on this class of material. These are third-party pages: nothing on them describes Cerium’s material or its specification.

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