Sodium Alginate

Molecular formula C 6 H 7 O 6 N a n

CAS NO: 9005-38-3

Description White or slight yellow power, odorless, tasteless, dissolve in water, insoluable in ethanol and ether

 Specification:

item                  index

Granularity        According to contract

Viscidity (mpa.s)        Min 150 or according to contract

Moisture              Max 15%

PH                    6.0~8.0

Vitriol Power         30%~37%

Water Insoluble       Max 3.0%

Transparence cm      COMPLY TO REQUIREMENT

Heavy Metal           Max 0.004%

Arsenic Salt          Max 0.0002%

Lead                  Max 0.0004%

Packaging:  25kg plastic bag;

Sodium alginate is widely used in the food industry.

 Applications:   A: Synthetic food: sodium alginate is the main material of seaweed, synthetic grape and synthetic cherry

 B: Iced food: sodium alginate is taken as a stabilizer of ice cream due to its dense organization and slow solution speed. It is also the main material of dainty cold powder and jelly

C: Cake food: as a stabilizer of cake, cookies, bread, fine dried noodle, and chocolates, sodium alginate can keep sweet scent for cookies and avoid falling into pieces. It makes noodle smooth and reduces breaking ratio of noodles and fragmentation of bread.

Sodium alginate is also a good thickener of jam, chili sauce, jelly, tomato ketchup, fishpaste, pudding and salad flavoring