Carrageenan

Food Stabilisers, Thickeners and Gelling Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-94

  Blakemore, William R ^a   Harpell, Alan R ^b  

^a Celtic Colloids Inc   (United States)

^b FMC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrageenan from red seaweeds; Carrageenan gelation mechanism; Carrageenan in modern day formulations; Carrageenans having a backbone of galactose; Functional properties; Lambda carrageenan least utilised of carrageenans; Processed Eucheuma seaweed (PES); Red seaweeds (Rhodophyceae) as foods in Far East and Europe; Scientific Committee for Food (SCF); US Food and Drug Administration no distinction between carrageenan and PES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866637662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314724.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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