Manufacture
The raw material used to produce alginates is brown seaweed. Sodium and potassium alginates are soluble in water and alginic acid and its calcium salt have very low water solubility.
The manufacturing process comprises four main steps:
- Demineralization
- Extraction
- Precipitation of alginic acid
- Neutralization and obtention of alginates
Some Cargill products are only approved for use in certain geographies, end uses, and/or at certain usage levels. It is the customer's responsibility to determine, for a particular geography, that (i) the Cargill product, its use and usage levels, (ii) the customer's product and its use, and (iii) any claims made about the customer's product, all comply with applicable laws and regulations.
