Agar, also known as Agar Agar for an other name, Japanese named is Kanten, is made from red algae. Our agar is extracted and concentrated from Gracilaria and Geliidium amansii. agar agar which was first discovered more than 300 years ago in both Japan and China. Agarose(AG) is the kind of non-charge, neutral composition in agar.
Strip-shape agar is used of the milky color, and is semi-transparent while powder or lamellar-shape agar is uses of colorless squamose or yellowish. Agarose is white powder which can be easily decompounded into collosol in boiling water, but is not dissolved in cold water and can be soaked and expanded into jelly.
Because of their unique gelation property, especially their remarkable stability, hysteresis, and water absorbability, agar and agarose have been widely used in food, medicine, chemical, textile, civil defense, etc., and they are worldwide known as "novel products from East Asia"