The development of the agar industry has promoted the rapid development of China's seaweed breeding industry, which has a good role in improving the marine environment and increasing the employment rate.
In addition, agar and its processed products also reflect its application value in various industries, not only in food, but also in biochemical fields, marine medicine, and daily chemical industries.
For example, agar can be used as a thickener, emulsifier, gelling agent, excipient, suspending agent, moisture retention agent, and is used in food industries such as dairy products, confectionery, pastries, canned food, cold drinks, beverages, and meat products.
Agar can also be used as a clarifying agent in wine, soy sauce, vinegar and other brewing products. In biomedicine, agar is not easily decomposed and used by microorganisms, so it is often used in microbial culture media and also used as a medicinal ointment substrate.