Carrageenin & compound 48/80

[Graham Shepherd]

You get it from marine algae (seaweed) - just like agar.


Bob Friedel wrote in message <7c3oin$mi0 at netaxs.com>...
>Carrageenan is a gum/thickening agent used in foods and pharmaceuticals.
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>Robert R. Friedel
>Quality Assurance Manager
>Laboratory Research & Analysis Groups
>Perritt Laboratories, Inc.
>rfriedel at perrittlab.com
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>Steve Newport wrote in message <36e11928.10417610 at news.pavilion.net>...
>>Can anybody tell me what these are and where they come from ?
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