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CALCIUM CARRAGHEENATE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
DEF

A calcium salt of carrageen (or chondrus).

CONT

Calcium salt, calcium carragheenate: yellowish or whitish, horny, translucent segments, 2-5 in. long, forked, wedge-shaped to linear; seaweed-like odor; mucilaginous, saline taste. Solns obtained by boiling with 30 parts water for 10 minutes, gelatinize when cold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
OBS

Il faudrait éviter de confondre «carraghénate» et «carraghénane», comme cela se fait assez souvent.

Key term(s)
  • carraghénane de calcium
  • carraghen de calcium
  • carragaenine de calcium

Spanish

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