Sodium alginate beads. Sodium alginate beads on an oyster with seaweed. Sodium alginate is a polysaccharide derived from brown algae (seaweed). It is

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Sodium alginate beads. Sodium alginate beads on an oyster with seaweed. Sodium alginate is a polysaccharide derived from brown algae (seaweed). It is frequently used in the food industry as an additive under the name E401, and has gelling properties when in the presence of calcium chloride (a type of salt). Photographed in the UK.

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