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Carrageenan and agar both come from red seaweed, but from different species and with very different properties. A plain-language guide for ingredient buyers and product developers on which raw material fits which application.

Most Indonesian seaweed leaves the country as raw material. The GEMARI SEHAT healthy seaweed eating movement set out to change that at home — and its lessons matter to food brands and distributors looking at seaweed products.