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Seaweed is an ingredient that is often found in cosmetics, candy bars,  soups, salad dressings, ice cream, yogurt and jelly. It is not listed as seaweed in the ingredients list however (They wouldn't want to make you sick)

 Carrageenan is a generic term for compounds extracted from species of red algae. Carrageenans are used in stabilizing and gelling foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and industrial products. From brown algae come alginates or algin. They make water-based products  thicker, creamier, and more stable over extreme differences in temperature, ph, and time.
 
Beta Carotene, a natural pigment derived from green algae, is used as a  yellow-orange food coloring.

ASSIGNMENT

I want you to read the ingredient labels on things you have in your house to see how many of them contain seaweed.   I would like you to make a list, showing the Product name and what seaweed product was in it. For at least TWO of the products you must include the label from the package