PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Cuisine Tech Agar Agar is a premium, 100% plant-based gelling agent derived from red algae (Gracilaria). It produces firmer, higher-strength gels than traditional gelatin, making it the professional choice for pastry chefs, confectioners, and bakers who need reliable structure, clean labels, and vegetarian/vegan formulations.

Whether you’re formulating stable glazes, structured confections, or clean-label alternatives to gelatin. Stock it for reliable strength and versatility in every batch.

Why Pastry Professionals Choose Cuisine Tech Agar
- Higher gel strength than gelatin for superior set and stability
- Natural vegetable origin – ideal for vegan, vegetarian, and clean-label products
- Excellent hysteresis (wide temperature gap between melting and setting) for easier handling
- Coarse 100-mesh particle size for better dispersion and hydration
- Gel Strength: 1,967 g/cm³ (tested at 1.5% concentration with 0.5" probe) Typical Range: 1,400–3,000 g/cm³

Professional Applications
- Jelly candies & marshmallows: Use 0.3–1.8% to achieve the exact firmness and structure you need
- Doughnut glazes & hot flat icings: 0.2% in hot icings; 0.5–1.0% in glazes to prevent sugar crystallization, reduce chipping, cracking, and weeping
- Meringues: Stabilizes mixtures for improved volume and hold
- Forms perceptible gels at concentrations as low as 0.04%

Pack Size: 1lb, cardboard cylinder packaging

Storage Conditions: Dry and cool (68 - 72F, 20 - 22C); keep out of direct sunlight and closed air tight after opening.

Ingredients: 100 mesh Gracalaria Agar

Applications: Used in hot flat icings at 0.2%. For doughnut glazes, higher levels, typically .5% to 1.0% are used to prevent crystallization of sugar, reducing the tendency of the glaze to chip, crack, or weep. Used in jelly candies, marshmallow from 0.3% to 1.8% to give desired structural effects. Stabilizes meringue mixtures.

Directions: Typical dosage: 0.2-1.0%; Requires boiling for 5 minutes to fully hydrate. The coarse mesh helps in dispersion properties. Forms perceptible gels with as little as 0.04% concentrations although typically used at much higher levels. Gels exhibit hysteresis lag useful in many applications. Solubility at 180 F (82 C).

Product of USA.