Eden Agar Agar Flakes, A Traditional Odorless, Tasteless Seaweed Gelatin Substitute, Kanten, Japanese, Vegan, 1 oz

I’ve been using agar agar literally for decades. I mainly have used it for various fruit mantén recipes. However, I’ve always wanted to make pannacotta, and a recipe that looked like it would make a good type has agar agar as the jelling agent. I’ve made another recipe using gelatin, and I really see no difference in the results. I do have one caveat: many recipes csll for agar agar powder. The fact that this product comes as flakes does present as a bit of a problem. I solved this dilemma by treating the agar the way I use saffron - I out 1-2 tablespoons of sugar along with the flakes in a mortar and pestle and grind away! I have never encountered this type of problem before, but it works beautifully with this preparation.

I make coconut milk yogurt in my Instant Pot and use the Eden Agar Agar Flakes to solidify the mixture. It has no taste and works great. Very happy because it makes a great vegan yogurt.

Dissolves easily in 5-7 mins. works great when making jelly

I like the fact that agar agar keeps me satiated during my water fast. I add it to my matcha tea in the morning and I go all day without eating.

It is a great product for sauces, puddings and etc… But it is overpriced. I found it much less expensive at an Asian market.

I like it

I used this product to make fruit caviar. It worked well.

a very small amount, such as 1 teasp to one cup of unsweetened coconut milk, light boil for 6 minutes to dissolve the flakes, plus 2 tablespoons of Trader Joes cocoa and 2 teasp of coconut sugar, a half teasp vanilla makes a great pudding/flan serving 2 with 4/5 grams of sugar,refridge for 1-2 hrs