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BANTAENG, Indonesia – something fishy happened to seaweed last summer on the tropical island of Sulawesi. Easy to grow and prized for an ingredient used in making toothpaste...
Hispanagar S.A. of Burgos, Spain, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hydrocolloids, is interested in buying raw seaweed from the Philippines, mainly from Sitangkai, Tawitawi.
The farm-gate price of raw, dried cottonii seaweed has almost doubled in price over the past year. The trend toward increasing dried cottonii seaweed prices is happening not only in South Sulawesi but also in other seaweed growing areas
Carrageenan is obtained by extraction with water or alkaline water of certain species of the class Rhodophyceae (red seaweed). It is a hydrocolloid consisting mainly of the potassium, sodium, magnesium, and calcium sulfate esters of galactose and 3.6
What is seaweed??? Wednesday, Apr 16 2008 - Source: teara.govt.nz - last read: Wednesday, Nov 13 2024 (9043 x)
Seaweeds do not have roots or internal tissues to conduct water. They absorb minerals and gases directly from sea water through the surface of their blades.
Alginate production methods Thursday, Mar 06 2008 - Source: fao.org - last read: Wednesday, Nov 13 2024 (9709 x)
Alginate is present in the cell walls of brown algae as the calcium, magnesium and sodium salts of alginic acid.
Varieties of the Kappaphycus Friday, Dec 07 2007 - Source: The Eucheuma Seaplant Handbook Vol. 1 - last read: Wednesday, Nov 13 2024 (7147 x)
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