海藻酸钠

海藻酸鈉

hǎizǎosuānnà

noun

Meanings

1 sodium alginate (E401)
2 alginate thickener / gelling agent derived from seaweed

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Examples

海藻酸钠是冰淇淋常用的增稠剂。

Hǎizǎosuānnà shì bīngqílín chángyòng de zēngchóujì.

Sodium alginate is a common thickener in ice cream.

分子料理里用海藻酸钠做爆珠。

Fēnzǐ liàolǐ lǐ yòng hǎizǎosuānnà zuò bàozhū.

Molecular cuisine uses sodium alginate to make popping pearls.

Tips

usage

海藻酸 = alginic acid, extracted from 褐藻 brown seaweed. When its sodium salt 海藻酸钠 meets calcium, it forms a gel skin — the basis of spherification / 爆珠 bubble-tea pearls. Widely used in bubble tea, jelly, and molecular gastronomy, it's the same E401 listed on international food labels.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi

藻 zǎo

酸 suān

钠 nà