Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hi Emma, Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you ... our house is a little crazy at the moment. As far as I know sulphites aren't used, but I couldn't be 100% sure. It has never been listed on any of the brands I have bought. It may be safest to check with Spiral Foods. If you do use the flakes you will need to use 3 times the amount you would use for the powder. Kim. , " emmhunter " <qaf@b...> wrote: > > > Hi Kim > > I have just purchase Agar Agar flakes from Spiral Foods. The only > ingredient listed is " edible sea vegetable gelatin " . My son has > anaphylaxis to sulphites so I am very concerned about hidden > preservatives in this product. Spiral Foods are on holidays so I > have been unable to contact them. Do you know anything about agar > agar and if any preservatives are used?? > > Cheers > > Emma > - > Kim > > Friday, December 17, 2004 3:40 PM > Re: icecream and cheesecake > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Thanks, that's interesting to know. When they say " dehydrated naturally, we don't know at what temperature. " Judy In a message dated 3/21/2006 9:23:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, mgamez1 writes: Judy wrote: > Just a note from a raw foods purist, for anyone who > might care about raw ingredient definitions: > agar agar and nutritional yeast are not raw products. I wouldn't know about the nutritional yeast, per se, but I just found this on agar agar ( " Agar agar is a gelling agent made from a combination of algaes from the species gelidium. Other names include dai choy goh, Japanese isinglass, or kanten, in reference to the dish in which it is commonly used. The name, agar agar, is Malaysian in origin, and the harvest of the long red and purple fronds goes back hundreds of years. The fronds are freeze dried and dehydrated naturally, producing colorless sheets which are shaped into bars. " http://www.tcwellness.com/issues/2001/08/12.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I found this on http://www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com/page/page/628669.htm#8994 To jell 2 cups of liquid, you need 1 tsp. of agar powder, or 2 T. of agar flakes, soaked in the liquid for several minutes and then simmered or microwaved until it dissolves. It does not need to be strained. Missie On 2/16/07, Heather Hossfeld <hlh4850 wrote: > > I have agar agar flakes, and need agar agar powder. Does anyone know if > I can just grind the flakes in my spice grinder to make powder? > Heather > > -- I'm all out of bubblegum. -- http://mszzzi.creepy.net/Dexter/gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/mszzzi/ http://mszzzi.evite.shutterfly.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 You can get it for an inexpensive price at the Asian market. Whole Foods carries it but you will pay more. Order it online from Asian Grocer, you will have to Googe it, I don't have the link in my blackberry Donna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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