There is no official statement from the FDA on carrageenan. However, many people have bad reactions to it when it is consumed. It is extracted from red seaweed. Living-Deliberately.com states that it is not natural due to powerful alkali solvents being used to extract it from the seaweed. Still not sure about it? Consider this - carrageenan is used to de-ice frozen airplanes sitting on tarmacs during winter storms.
yes colgate uses the carrageenan in allmost all tooth paste as a thikning agent
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It has no nutritional value.
I think some are not.
You can buy it at local Walgreen's or CVS pharmacy go there to look for Iota-Carrageenan nasal spray
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I think that there is not.
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Red algae (Protista Rhodophyta) grows on the continental shelf in tropical, temperate, and cold-water regions of the world. It is especially admired in Asian cultures for the extract Carrageenan.
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E407 is carrageenan - a thickener obtained from seaweed.