In food industry
Stability:ice cream,cream and cheese etc.
Thickening:Salads,pudding,jam,tomato juice, canned products,etc.
Hydration:Noodle,vemicelli,bread,confectionery,cool and frozen products.
Gelating:frozen foods imitated foods and various gel foods,protective cover for fruits,meat,poultry and aquatic products,sugar coating,stuffing etc.
Film-formation:various cosmetics

Products are grouped as low, medium,high and extra high four categories according to viscosity,and granular,60-80mesh,120-200mesh as per particle size.Adopted standard:Food Additive Sodium Alginate GB1976-80 & FCCIV.

In printing and textile industry
Printing paste:High level printing as sizing paste for reactive dyes.As per the usage of sodium alginate,there are LV 100-300cps,MV 300-500cps,HV 500-800cps and super high over 800cps.

In pharmaceutical industry
Excipient:dental impression material,medical ointment,tablets etc.
Haemostatic:haemostatic gauze,scald gauze,spuze,spray haemostatic etc.
Has the effect of preventing and removal of radioactive element and poisonous metals.

In other industries
Papermaking starching
Agriculture,Sodium alginate is material for Address Seeds,Pesticides,Anti-virus;
Coating of the welding electrode,resin coating,resin coating,rubber ointment,battery seperation layer, water treatment.
Artificial fiber:can be synthesized with asbestos short fiber.