Carrageenan
R04592 · 2006-08-28 — The tariff classification of Carrageenan (kappa & iota forms) and Agar (CAS-9002-18-0), from China
The first product consists of the kappa and iota forms of Carrageenan, a “Mixture of sulfated polysaccharides extracted from red seaweed (Rhodophyceae).” Carrageennan is used, among other things, as a gelling agent, emulsifying agent, stabilizing agent and viscosity builder in foods and non-food products. The second product, Agar, which you refer to as “Agar Agar,” is “A polysaccharide complex extracted from the agarocytes of the Rhodophyceae.” Agar is used, among other things, as a substitute for gelatin in making emulsions, as a thickening agent in foods, in meat canning, in the dyeing…
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