Agar Kanten or is derived from a mixture of seaweed, available in powder. Natural Slimming very popular in Japanese (e) it is also used as a natural gelling agent in cooking, it avoids the use of animal gelatine. Its advantages are many: it is rich in calcium, but not in calories (10kcal.), is diluted very easily and its taste is absolutely neutral.

Ingredients: Rhodophyta Gracilia verrucosa

Tips Uses
It is suitable for all preparations requiring the use of a gelling agent, as that salty sweet: jellies, jams, desserts, aspic ... Gelling capacity depends on the acidity: acid preparations will need a little more on agar. Do not combine with chocolate, or the kiwi, as they neutralize the effect gelling.

Employment: For jam: 4g Agar-Agar Powder 1kg fruit 1l cleaned or fruit juice. Bring fruit and agar to a boil, then add the sweetener of your choice. Reduce until desired consistency.

As part of a diet, agar-agar does three calories per gram, it tempers the appetite and captures fats and sugars. It allows you to easily cook fruits and vegetables, essential to health, especially during a diet. It gives consistency to any preparation and can take various forms: mousse, flan, etc. terrine. In addition, it restores the full flavor. This is important in times of regime, to eat something solid and who have a more pleasing visual appearance. It can be consumed to regulate appetite and avoid its excesses.

There is also a scheme called "Seaweed diet. The principle consume each day for a week (or more) a drink "magic" before your main meal (see recipe below). You can also, to enhance the slimming effect, add one or two portions of agar-agar in dishes cooked. The rest of your diet should of course be varied and balanced. There is a decline in average calorie consumption of about 300 per day. You can also integrate it into your tea or tisane minceur to pause drainage. there is no other trick to cooking as simple and slim at the same time!
We recommend however not to exceed three grams per day.
Minceur recipe: add 1 g of agar-agar in a boiling cup (tea, coffee, tea, broth, soup), stir well and consume before the water temperature fell to 40 ° C. Drink 10 to 20 minutes before meals

Source: "Agar-agar: the new weapon antikilos" by Anne Dufour and Carole Garnier - Leduc.s Editions

Nutritional Values
Energy: 1.400,00 kJ / 335.00 kcal
Protein: 0.30 g
Carbohydrates:83.20 g
Fat 0.10 g
Analysis type/100g