E406 Agar-agar

Agar-agar is a mixture of polysaccharides (complex sugars) extracted from dried red algae. It is a thickener and gelling agent whose use is authorized in many foods. It is partly excreted and partly metabolized into fatty acids that the body can use without any problem. Its consumption does not seem particularly problematic. Nevertheless, intestinal discomforts are sometimes reported in case of high consumption (bloating, flatulence, laxative effect). The use of agar-agar is forbidden in certain confectionery because of a risk of choking, especially for children and the elderly.

Examples of products for use

Very many categories of food, prohibited in certain confectionery (choking hazard) and infant foods.

Products of the theme or category

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  Crème dessert chocolat
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  Danoises à la cannelle roulées
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  Freshly Baked Apple Pie
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  Big Choco Framboise
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  Tarte noix de coco
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  Cottage cheese
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  Large king cake filled with strawberry and cream cheese
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  Old-fashioned nutty dunkers
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  Old-fashioned glazed dunkers, glazed
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  Old-fashioned nutty doughnut holes, old-fashioned
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  Old-fashioned glazed doughnut holes, glazed
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  Chocolate Bites
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  Bill Knapp's, Old-Fashioned Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Holes
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  Old-fashioned cinnamon-sugar dunkers
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  Maple glazed doughnut holes
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  Old-fashioned nutty dunker doughnuts, nutty
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  Old-fashioned cinnamon sugar dunker doughnuts, cinnamon sugar
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  Old-fashioned double glazed dunker doughnuts, double glazed
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  Dunker doughnuts
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  Cinnamon-apple dunkers
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  Old-fashioned cinnamon-sugar doughnut holes
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  Old-fashioned cinnamon-raisin iced bread, cinnamon-raisin
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  Old-fashioned cranberry-cherry iced bread, cranberry-cherry
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  Old-fashioned cranberry-orange iced bread, cranberry-orange
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  Bill Knapp's, Iced Toaster Bread, Cinnamon Raisin