Carrageenan

Carrageenin; iota-Carrageenan; kappa-Carrageenan; lambda-Carrageenan; iota Carrageenan; kappa Carrageenan; lambda Carrageenan
A water-soluble extractive mixture of sulfated polysaccharides from RED ALGAE. Chief sources are the Irish moss CHONDRUS CRISPUS (Carrageen), and Gigartina stellata. It is used as a stabilizer, for suspending COCOA in chocolate manufacture, and to clarify BEVERAGES.