cargeenan on the gut microbiota

Carrageenan (CGN), a sulfated high molecular weight polysaccharide is widely used in many fields, including the food industry and has a huge commercial market. The difference molecular weight (Mw) CGN played different functional properties and toxicological profiles, but the factors behind the pattern are unclear. Thus, the safety of CGN has has always been controversial for more than half a century in the international scientific community and officials.