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ammonium alginate

01/04/2018 / By Rita Winters

Ammonium alginate sources, health risks

Ammonium alginate (E403) is the ammonium salt of alginic acid. It is a natural, indigestible polysaccharide (starch) found in different seaweeds of the family Phaeophyceae (Macrocystis pyrifera, Laminaria digitata, Laminaria cloustoni, Ascophyllum nodosum) such as brown marine algae (kelp and wracks). Alginates, which are the salts of alginic acid, can be used as thickeners for […]

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