Carrageenan (inci)

Carrageenan is the thallus of Chondrus crispus, the Irish moss (more rarely also of Gigartina stellata), which is bleached and dried by the sun. The substance binds cosmetic preparations containing powders and powders; it acts as a natural gelling agent, emulsion stabilizer (improves the resistance and shelf life of emulsions) and viscosity regulator.

50-70% mucilage (carrageenan), polysaccharides with the sugars galactose and glucose, proteins, bromides as well as chlorophyll and fucoerythrin as green and red colorants

Medical: Irritant mucilaginosum for cough and diarrhoea.

Cosmetic and pharmaceutical: For the preparation of fat-free ointment bases, emulsifier.

In food industry as thickening agent.