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by A. Imeson (Author) "Agar is the most ancient phycocolloid, a colloid extracted from seaweed, currently used by man as a gelling, thickening and stabilizing food additive..." (more)
Key Phrases: mix ensuring addition, total gum concentration, agarophyte seaweeds, New York, Academic Press, Food Sci (more...)
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The first edition of this book rapidly established itself as a prime source of highly practical technical information on this important class of food ingredients. This edition recognizes that the technical demands on ingredients continue to grow rapidly as food manufacturers strive for greater safety, reliability and profitability. Technical information is provided on the application of thickening and gelling agents, and extended coverage is provided on applications modifications, demanded by customers, such as improved freeze-thaw and chill-stablility.


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Agar is the most ancient phycocolloid, a colloid extracted from seaweed, currently used by man as a gelling, thickening and stabilizing food additive. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mix ensuring addition, total gum concentration, agarophyte seaweeds, starch adipate, gel hysteresis, final batch weight, gellan gum gels, hydrolysed gelatin, calcium reactivity, colloidal microcrystalline cellulose, konjac gum, gellan gum solution, dry mix ingredients, pectin blend, konjac flour, gelled texture, gum karaya, other gelling agents, starch phosphates, cellulose dispersions, other hydrocolloids, adjust the mixer, pectin level, gelatin manufacture, agar production
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New York, Academic Press, Food Sci, Oxford University Press, European Community, Far East, After Sanderson, European Patent, Food Ingredients Division, Application Starch, Official Journal of the European Communities, Plenum Press, Pronova Biopolymer, Ingredients Alginate, American Chemical Society, Boca Raton, Elsevier Applied Science, European Union, Food Eng, Food Technol, Hercules Incorporated, Industrial Gums, Ingredient Content, Introduction Gum, Pergamon Press
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