Agar Agar Powder 2 Ounces - Excellent Gel Strength

I liked this product for making my petrei dish worked great

This was my first time using Agar. It arrived timely. Nicely sealed. Smelled fresh. I made vegan cheese for the first time. I followed the girl online to cook the agar exactly as she did ( it seemed like way too long...but what do I know?) When I added it to the other ingredients it was like concrete. Even my faithful vitamix barely incorporated it into the cheese. Oh the racket! I even turned it off to see if I had left a plastic lid in there by accident! The cheese eventually came out beautifully. Next time I will use a little less and not cook it so long. This stuff certainly sets up well. I see no reason to cook it to death. Just as with my homemade puddings, I expect it to gel as it sets in the refrigerator.

This powder works and it's easy to use. Its only drawback is that a little goes a very, very long way, so that can make it pretty hard to measure. To gel 7 liquid ounces, you use 1.5 grams of agar. Assuming that you're not dealing drugs or selling jewelry, who has a scale that measures half grams???? In the end, by using larger measurements and then dividing, I figured out that 1/4 teaspoon equals .5 grams. You stir the agar into the thing to gel, boil it, and then drop it into cold oil to make pearls of (whatever). It's super impressive for dinner parties, etc, and it only takes a few minutes. Of course, at the rate that I use it, this will cover me for the next 1800 dinner parties.

I’ve never used a thickening agent before )except for cornstarch on my yearly turkey gravy), so really have nothing to compare it to. It did thicken the two layers of the dessert I was making, so I’m happy with the product.

Using this to thicken items has worked well for me. I don't have to use flour or corn-based products that add carbs to a meal. This mixes well and when used in the correct amount gives just the right thickening to what I want thickened.

Just as advertised

I don't recommend this product. I made vegan cheese the same way I always do and it taste horrible. So chemically it's almost inedible. Will go to the one I usually buy.

I made the raindrop cake with this stuff! lol and also some other desserts...if you want to use tropical fruits in gelatin type dishes this stuff works great! regular gelatin doesn't set with certain fruit but this stuff does!