Also known as microbilles, small, porous capsules; see under alginate.
Alginates are the salts of alginic acids, which are extracted from certain brown algae and have long been used in the food and beverage industry. In food, their adsorptive effect is mainly used to thicken sauces, as well as to stabilise beer foam. In the production of...
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