Ghas Powder (Agar Agar)

Ghas powder is a natural vegetable gelatine substitute extracted from red Algae. It was first discovered around 1658 in Japan. It is odourless and tasteless and has white semi-translucent colour. Agar comes in strips or powder, which are boiled in water to release their superior gelling properties.
Ghas powder has been traditionally used in Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian, Burmese, Philippines and Russian cuisine for making various desserts.
Ghas powder is made of almost 80% fibre and it triples its size when absorbs water. These properties make Agar an excellent appetite suppressant in weight control diets.
The name Agar is short for Malayan/Indonesian word “Ghas powder”, which is the name for red algae (Gigartina, Gracilaria). It is also known as Kanten, Japanese isinglass, Ceylon moss or Jaffna moss.