@LucH said in Agar agar:

"Locust bean gum, HPMC, guar gum, and kappa carrageenan impacted various parameters in a reversible manner, while xantham gum, sorbitan monostearate, glyceryl stearate, maltodextrin, and P80 impacted various microbiota parameters, both compositionally and/or functionally, in a non-reversible manner
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7986288/

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