Sodium alginate, also known as sodium alginate, kelp gum, alginate, and alginate, is a natural polysaccharide carbohydrate extracted from kelp.

It is used in a wide range of industries: food, medicine, textiles, printing and dyeing, papermaking, daily chemicals... as thickeners, emulsifiers, stabilizers, adhesives, sizing agents, etc.

Since the 1980s, sodium alginate has been newly expanded in food applications. Sodium alginate has become a safe and stable food additive, and it is also very useful as a substrate for biomimetic or therapeutic foods: because it is actually a natural cellulose, it can slow down the absorption of fatty sugars and bile salts It has the effect of lowering serum cholesterol, blood triglyceride and blood sugar, and can prevent modern diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity. It can inhibit the accumulation of harmful metals such as strontium, cadmium, lead, etc. in the body. It is precisely because of these important functions of sodium alginate that it has gradually gained popularity and application.