without searching google etc how many ppl know what it is and where do we use it?
or was i the only one.
2006-11-20 22:40:45 · 11 answers · asked by purple diamond 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I had never heard this word before reading this question. Is it the same thing as China grass?
2006-11-21 03:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carrageenan is a subsatnce found in red seaweed & is used for thickening, suspending & gelling. It has just been examined due to a cancer scare about it & no evidence was found to support the cancer scare so is safe to use in food products.
2006-11-21 06:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's used as a thickener - a kind of seaweed. Some years ago it was identified as carcinogenic (cancer causing) and now you hardly ever see it in foodstuffs. However - it is still used (probably in Sunny Delight! together with all the other crap they put in it!
2006-11-21 06:53:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it a bit like porphyra seaweed? I think it probably can be used as a gelling agent or thickener in foods and things, possibly stuff like jams or deserts and maybe as that jelly in cheap pork pies.
2006-11-21 07:02:52 · answer #4 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a seaweed, and it is used as a thickener in many processed foods: ice cream, and even soy milk.
2006-11-21 06:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by Dart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from seaweed and is used as a gelatin substitute.
2006-11-21 06:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by tyreanpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a certain type of seaweed and i have seen it listed as an ingredient on several different foods and drinks
2006-11-21 06:43:37 · answer #7 · answered by Jd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a seaweed. I think it's used in cooking in Ireland, as you would use spinach, and in soup.
2006-11-21 06:56:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its used as a thickner in shampoos and creams as far as i know. isnt it a type of sea weed too.
2006-11-21 06:43:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's something they put in foodstuffs.
2006-11-21 06:44:56 · answer #10 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋