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Agar Agar Powder, 4 oz.

Barry Farm

75 customer reviews

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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
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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
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B00015UC48
UPC: 050647107617
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,793 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
- #95 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Cooking & Baking > Thickeners

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Agar-Agar Powder

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3 star		7%
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Not the best choice

ByFrankon April 26, 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

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I Would Buy Elsewhere

Byblueberrylollion 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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Very poor packaging

ByRobert Denton March 24, 2014

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When I opened the mailer and retrieved the product I noticed that there was a hole in the package. A small amount, about 10% of the product had spilled into the mailer. Don't know how the package became damaged because there was no sign of damage to the mailer.

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Decent thickener, but wouldn't liken to gelatin.

ByADCon October 27, 2016

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Not a good gelatin substitute - not if you're going for the same texture anyway. I'd liken this more to something like cornstarch. It's a thickener, but it's not going to make anything chewy or "gummy". If you want to make something like fruit "bites" this will probably work, or a recipe that uses gelatin simply as a thickener would be fine with this substitute. But gummy candies, ect... will not have the same texture. I'm giving this three stars because I don't think that the problem was related to the brand or seller, I'm pretty convinced this is just how Agar Agar works.

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Very disappointed in this product

Byalekhya Vinjamurion June 24, 2016

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I've worked with agar agar powders before and this was just not working for me. I used it in multiple recipes, followed the instructions on the pack and yet it just didn't work the way I wanted it to. Very disappointed in this product.

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If you want to thicken something like a donut icing

ByAmazon Customeron August 17, 2015

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If you want to thicken something like a donut icing, you must have this stuff. A very tiny bit, maybe 1/4 teaspoon, dissolved in boiling water and added to your recipe does the job. Experiment with this stuff, a little more and a little less.

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good jelling substitue

ByKA Blackon 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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Good product. Arrived on time

ByMariana Rodriguezon September 6, 2014

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Good product. Arrived on time. A little pricey but it is what it is. I used it for making zefir, a russian style marshmallow and it came out wonderful.

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