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What is agar?

Updated: 11/1/2022
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Agar-agar is a vegetarian alternative to Gelatin. It is a jelly that results from boiling several different types of seaweed together. It is dried and sold in powder, flakes or bars and is used as a thickener and or stabiliser.

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Agar is a gelatinous material obtained from marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, and a culture medium based on this material.

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