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Gracilaria, which produces agar, is known as gulaman, guraman, gulaman dagat, or gar-garao in Tagalog and in other languages in the northern Philippines. [2] [3] It has been harvested and used as food for centuries, eaten both fresh or sun-dried and turned into jellies.
Gracilaria, also known as irish moss or ogonori, [1] is a genus of red algae in the family Gracilariaceae. It is notable for its economic importance as an agarophyte meaning that it is used to make agar , as well as its use as a food for humans and various species of shellfish.
In the Philippines, a traditional gelling ingredient is gulaman, which is made from agar (first attested in Spanish dictionaries in 1754) [34] and carrageenan (first attested in c.1637) [35] traditionally extracted mainly from Gracilaria spp. and Eucheuma spp. that grow in shallow marine
Green tea-flavored yōkan, a popular Japanese red bean jelly made from agar A blood agar plate used to culture bacteria and diagnose infection. Agar (/ ˈ eɪ ɡ ɑːr / or / ˈ ɑː ɡ ər /), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae, primarily from “ogonori” and “tengusa”.
The Gracilariaceae is a small family of red algae, containing several genera of agarophytes. [1] It has a cosmopolitan distribution, [1] in which 24 species are found in China, [2] six in Great Britain and Ireland, [3] and some in Australia and Chile.
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Gracilaria coronopifolia is typically eaten as a salad or pickled as a side dish. It is described to have a crispy texture and features a color change to green once cooked. [7] Gracilaria coronopifolia is considered to be a "superfood" due to its abundance of potassium, calcium, magnesium and other beneficial vitamins and minerals. [7]