Gelling Agent That Has Been Manufactured on an Island in Northern Europe for 50 Years

The North European country, Estonia is generally known for its untouched beautiful nature and honest, hardworking and welcoming people. This characterises very well with Est-Agar, a gelling agent factory that was established in Estonia, Saaremaa Island in 1966. At the time, it was built to supply furcellaran to the local confectionery industry. In 2017 Est-Agar is celebrating 50 years since the company began its operations.

Historically, furcellaran has been widely used in Europe as an important food ingredient and was mainly manufactured in Denmark. However the seaweed that is to make furcellaran has been depleted in the seas that are close to Denmark. Today its a little known gelling agent with distinctive qualities.

According to a scientist in Tallinn University, PhD Rando Tuvikene who studies Polysaccharides: furcellaran has an unique chemical structure amongst the hydrocolloids, and as a result it has some unique characteristics.

Furcellaran can be used as gelling, stabilising and thickening agent. This hydrocolloid is praised and is famous for its ability to impart mouth feel and a creamy sensation. It is known for making mouth melting soft gel candy and Agar-agar like firm jelly candy. Since Est-Agar AS began its operation in 1966, it has been used in the confectionery industries to produce zephyr and marmalade candies.

Furcellaran, is sometimes mixed with other gums, because it provides:
-creaminess, smoothness, homogeneity
-unique soft and shiny texture
-medium to strong gel
-outstanding mouth feel
-superior flavor release
-smooth surface

In the light of Est-Agar’s 50th anniversary and the 2017 ISM trade show, we would like to introduce our product to you. We know that every development takes money and time. Therefore, we are offering -30% discount from the product orders in the period 01/02/2017 to 01/08/2017 to new client.

Please send us an email to info@estagar.ee with a subject SAMPLE and we`ll deliver you a sample FREE OF CHARGE. We will send you 1 kg of our high quality and natural furcellaran for testing purposes. If you have any question please feel free to contact us at info@estagar.ee.