... with alkaline water from red seaweeds. As gum base,it is used mainly in products that need gelling, suspending ... holding properties. In the food industry, carrageenan is used as raw material,stabilizer, emulsifier, thickener, filler and gelling agent for ... sausages and so on. For the pharmaceutical industry, it is used as cosmetics, capsules, vitamin, bacteria culturing media, shampoo, lotion ...