What is the role of agar powder in sugar painting

Scientific name agar, English name agar, also known as agar, jelly powder, swallow vegetable essence, agar, cold days. Agar has an extremely useful and unique properties in the application of food industry. Its characteristics: coagulability, stability, can form complexes with some substances and other physicochemical properties, can be used as a thickener, coagulant, suspending agent, emulsifier, preservative and stabilizer. It is widely used in the manufacture of granular orange and various beverages, jelly, ice cream, pastry, fudge, canned food, meat products, eight treasures congee, silver ear bird's nest, soup food, cold food and so on. Agar can be used as culture medium, ointment base and other purposes in chemical industry and medical research.

Raw material: Gracilaria, seaweed, stone cauliflower role: agar has coagulation, stability, can be used as a thickener, coagulant, suspending agent, emulsifier, stabilizer, preservative, adhesive, and biological culture medium. Uses:Agar is widely used in the manufacture of granular drinks, rice wine drinks, fruit juice drinks, crystal fudge, suet, luncheon meat, ham sausage, jelly pudding, ice-cream, laminated cake, eight treasures congee, coleslaw and so on. Agar is used in daily chemical industry for toothpaste, shampoo, facial cleanser, cosmetics, solid fragrance agent and so on. It is also widely used in medical research.

How to use:

Soak the agar powder in cold water for about 3-5 hours, then put it into a pot and add appropriate amount of water to boil until all dissolved.

Where to find:

In the dry goods side of the supermarket, dried fungus, dried mushrooms and those around the dry goods, but not every supermarket has it, Wal-Mart has. You can ask the shopper first. There are small packages sold eight dollars, there are larger packages is about 16 dollars.