What is agar-agar? What is agar-agar?

The nutritional value of agar is very high. Although the nutritional value of agar is very high, the way of eating agar needs to be paid attention to. Only the correct combination can ensure its nutritional health. What is agar?

What is agar? 1 Agar, the scientific name is agar, frozen powder, agar gum, agar extract, starch, cold weather, cole slaw, is a kind of vegetable gum, commonly made from seafood such as Eucheuma, Gelidium, Gracilaria, etc.

, a colorless, shapeless solid, soluble in hot water.

It is widely used in the food industry and is often used as a bacterial culture medium.

Why is it called agar? It is mainly made from Hainan's Eucheuma (gelidium).

The abbreviation of Hainan is Qiong.

Agar is a polysaccharide extracted from seaweed and is one of the most widely used seaweed gels in the world.

It is widely used in many aspects such as food industry, pharmaceutical industry, daily chemical industry, bioengineering, etc. Agar agar can significantly change the quality of food and improve the grade of food.

The price is very high.

Suitable crowd: It can be consumed by most people, especially suitable for obese patients, people with high blood pressure, high blood lipids and constipation.

Flavor recipe Dessert DIY bayberry tofu Ingredients: agar, bayberry juice, rock sugar Method: 1. Soak the agar in clean water.

After 2 hours, bring half a pot of water to a boil, add agar and cook until completely dissolved.

2. Put the rock sugar into the bayberry juice and simmer over low heat until the rock sugar dissolves in the bayberry juice.

3. Mix rock sugar bayberry juice and agar, bring to a boil over slow heat, and stir evenly.

4. Pour the cooked juice into the container quickly, cool it and put it in the refrigerator.

Fruit jelly Ingredients: papaya, grapes, peaches (or other fruits), dried rose buds, rock sugar, honey, Method: 1. Soak the rose buds in hot water, not too much water.

2. Cut the fruit into cubes.

3. Soak the agar in warm water for 5 minutes, then put it dry into a pot of boiling water and cook until the agar is completely melted and then filter out the impurities.

4. Add rose water, honey, and rock sugar to the agar slurry that has been filtered out of impurities, and continue to simmer over fire for a while to dissolve the honey and rock sugar.

5. Put the diced fruits into the pudding container.

6. Pour the agar liquid into the container containing the fruit.

7. Let cool.

8. Let cool and then put it in the refrigerator.

I believe everyone already has a clear understanding of what agar is.

Agar is also widely used in the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and even some daily chemicals. It is one of the best seaweed gums.

In addition, we can usually use agar as raw material to make a variety of cakes, jelly, etc. with different flavors. The taste and nutritional value are good. You may wish to try it!

How to tell whether there is agar in ready-to-eat bird's nests 1. Agar is also called seabed bird's nest, that is, seaweed. Because the bird's nest has a similar taste, it is often used to fill ready-to-eat bird's nests. 2. Common ready-to-eat bird's nests on the market include pure bird's nest filling, 50%

Seagrass bird's nest and whole seagrass bird's nest.

3. The other name of seaweed is agar. You can check whether it contains "agar" by changing the ingredients of the product. If it does, it is adulterated.

4. Each gram of dry bird's nest contains an average of 0.5 grams of protein. The protein content of the ingredients can be used to calculate the content of real bird's nest. Generally speaking, 1 gram of real bird's nest corresponds to 20 grams of water. For example, 70ML of ready-to-eat bird's nest needs about 3 grams of real bird's nest.

If the real bird's nest is less than 3 grams and still thick, agar may be added.

5. Agar also contains protein, and other additives may also contain protein. The method of looking at protein alone cannot be completely accurate.

6. Real bird's nest has a silky texture, while agar agar has a harder texture.

What is agar? 2 Can I eat agar with constipation? Agar is made from seaweed essence processed from Eucheuma. Agar is rich in dietary fiber and has high protein content and low fat content. Agar has detoxification effect and can lower blood pressure.

and blood sugar.

Agar is the seaweed essence made from Eucheuma, Gelidium or Erythium (red algae) that is heated until it melts and then cooled to solidify.