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The chemical compound sodium alginate is the sodium salt of alginic acid. Its form as a gum, when extracted from the cell walls of brown algae, is used by the foods industry to increase viscosity and as an emulsifier. It is also used in indigestion tablets.

Sodium alginate has no discernable flavor.

Another major use of Sodim Alginate is reactive dye printing, where it is used in the textile industry.

Its empirical chemical formula is NaC₆H₇O₆.

[edit] External links

• article Wired on Easy Cheese, describing sodium alginate
• Link page to external chemical sources.ja:アルギン酸ナトリウム