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Agar Agar Powder, 4 oz.

Brand: Barry Farm

4.4 140 ratings

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Brand	Barry Farm
Item Weight	4 Ounces
Unit Count	1.0 Ounce
Number of Items	1
Package Weight	0.25 Pounds

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4 ounce ziplock bag
Make a gelatin with water or fruit juice
Agar is a red algae and a unique vegetable source protein
Used in the Far East for centuries
Save money with combined shipping by ordering several items from Barry Farm.

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Product Description

Agar is a red algae and a unique vegetable source protein. Agar has been used in the Far East for centuries and is referred to as Agar-Agar. Can be used too make a gelatin with water or fruit juice.

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 2 x 0.5 x 4 inches; 4 Ounces
UPC ‏ : ‎ 050647107617
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Barry Farm
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00015UC48

Best Sellers Rank: #248,542 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
- #539 in Gelatins

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KA Black

good jelling substitue

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 24, 2014

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Wanted some jelling ingredient that would jell without the high sugar / acid needed by pectin. I have an aronia - hot pepper jelly and wanted the taste of the berries to predominate instead of sugar. The Agar did the trick. It has the same spreading consistency and seems to have a little higher temp. before melting. Not that I'm going vegan but it can be used as such, though I'm using honey as the sweetener. If sugar is substituted it would be vegan but not as healthy. I think it does cost a little more then pectin.

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M. Mooney

As described

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2021

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As described

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blueberrylolli

I Would Buy Elsewhere

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 10, 2009

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I got my agar agar yesterday, and I feel like I've been scammed. The only reason I chose to buy from Barry Farm was that it was the cheapest option. But that wasn't the case.

When I first held the package (which is smaller than what is pictured here), I thought it was oddly light for 4 oz. So I weighed it on my military grade digital scale and bingo, it's 3.2 oz. Without the packaging that would mean 3 oz. I thought it might be my scale so I weighed my mineral makeup that came on the same day, 1.3 pounds each for a 1 pound bag. So Barry Farm only shipped me 3 oz of product when I payed for 4 oz, which doesn't seem like a lot but when you do the calculations it's quite a dent.

Let me compare this to the other agar option on Amazon by NOW Foods.

Barry Farm (3 oz) $7.90 + $7.13 (Shipping) = $15.03 (Comes in a plastic Ziploc bag)

NOW Foods (2 oz) $4.20 + $5.38 (Shipping) = $9.58/2 = $4.79/oz * 3 = $14.37 for 3 oz (Comes in a plastic bottle)

NOW Foods (32 oz) $40.79 + $7.55) = $48.34/32 = $1.51/oz *3 = $4.53

So including shipping,

Barry Farm $15.03/3 oz
NOW Foods $14.37/3 oz
NOW Foods $ 4.53/3 oz

With a bottle instead of a plastic bag, my future purchases would be from NOW Foods. I'm so tempted to get the 2 Pound bottle since an ounce is only $1.51 that way, but agar's gelling quality is so good that it gets used very slowly.

Now about the agar. I cooked it last night (1 Cup apple juice to 1/2 teaspoon powder), and left it in the fridge. This morning I woke up to see it gelled quite nicely. It doesn't have the doinky texture of gelatin jello and it's much harder to the touch. I tasted it and didn't notice an exponential increase in the taste of apple juice, and the texture of the agar isn't as good as gelatin jello. It sort of just breaks apart in your mouth like...sand maybe? But at least it's supposedly healthy.

So in terms of Barry Farms I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 star because at least the product worked. But not going to buy from them again since I don't know if I'll be cheated. Internets a scary place where merchant reputation is very important. They should have put more product in the bag to ensure it measures at least 4 oz. Now their reputation is tarnished.

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Great product - but not interchangeable with Agar Flakes

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2012

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First of all, let me say I have no complaints about this product whatsoever. I bought it to use in a pecan pie recipe. My mistake (and I'm only mentioning this, because this was my first time using agar, and I learned a lot) was in assuming that agar powder and agar flakes could be used interchangeably in the recipe (which called for flakes). My pecan pie slices came out like bricks - haha! So, I plan to make the recipe again, but probably with only half the amount in powder, in the hopes that my second attempt will be much more successful than the first! The seller and product were both great! Thank you.

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Frank

Not the best choice

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2016

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I bought 4 brands of agar from Amazon and compared them side-by-side. To 1 cup of 50% apple juice (1/2 cup of juice + ½ cup of water) I added 1 teaspoon of agar. Then I heated it almost to boiling, stirred and let cool down to room temperature. “Hardness” is how hard the product is. The harder the better, meaning you have to use less amount of agar to achieve same results. “Taste” means taste. Ideally agar should have no taste at all, so it won’t change the flavor of your dish. Hardness and taste are rated on scale from 1 to 5, with 1 is the worst and 5 is the best. Here’re the results:
Brand Item # Hardness Taste
Telephone B00PACC7EU 1 2
Barry farm B00015UC48 3 3
Super Agar B00BTI827K 5 4
Now Foods B000MGSJ5A 4 5

The conclusion is clear: Super Agar is good, but I would prefer Now Foods. Choice is yours

126 people found this helpful

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J. Kelly

Got what I expected

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2015

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I got what I was expecting and the right quantity too. I was a bit concerned because someone else indicate they had received less product than expected. But I did not. And it works as I was hoping it would as a substitute for gelatin. It was good to see that it had a best by date out for a year, which means to me that the product is relatively fresh.

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Zanlue

Makes great vegan cheese

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2012

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I use this all the time to make nut cheese, works great, I've also used for fruit gelatin, worked great for that, we didn't detect any bitter flavor and I am usually very good at tasting slight tastes. I weighed the bag, and there were 4 oz there, so don't know if the person that got a small bag just ended up with a mistake. I've ordered this multiple times with no problems.

16 people found this helpful

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Vince

Follow The Instructions For The Best Results.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 4, 2018

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I like this product very much. Being a vegetarian/vegan, it's nice to know that there are products that do the same as eggs and gelatin..

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