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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: h0ldthedoor]
    #23512145 - 08/05/16 09:29 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

just looked on amazon, which is where i ordered mine. right now a pack of 5 telephone brand agar packet(.88oz or 25g) is $9.00 which is $1.80/pack. which is actually higher than it was the last time i ordered. last time i feel like it was maybe $6 or so tops. possibly less.

i had a fee month of amazon prime when i got them, as well, so free shipping. gotta find a cheaper source, now. although, if i really needed some quick, i wouldnt feel too terrible paying 1.80 each, if i was getting other stuff as well, and get free shipping...


Edit - actually, this is new for me: amazon just said they are "add-on items", and "Add-on Items ship with orders that contain $25 of items shipped by Amazon." so free shipping, basically.

but, apparently, you cant just order this. you have to either get $25 worth of them, or some other stuff before you can get them to sell it to you. which i find kinda strange, but oh well =p


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: mupetmower]
    #23512156 - 08/05/16 09:34 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I'm glad Wisconsin has so many Asians. I can find agar agar all day


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23512159 - 08/05/16 09:36 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

it's weird, too, becuase where i live has tons of asians.. Koreans, mostly, but still.. and there is literally only one asian grocery store within probably 30miles.. there is an arab grocery store about 5miles away from me, but they dont have agar.


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: mupetmower]
    #23512166 - 08/05/16 09:38 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Arab store definitely has no agar but if you need a pressure cooker they might have one. Lol


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23512173 - 08/05/16 09:40 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

it was the last place i looked haha.. i was feeling desperate, and was like.... "hmmmmmm, it's a long shot, but... maybe..." :rofl:

nope!!


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23512323 - 08/05/16 10:40 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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Arab store definitely has no agar but if you need a pressure cooker they might have one. Lol




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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: guyute22]
    #23512338 - 08/05/16 10:44 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

For chickpeas and lentils...


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: guyute22]
    #23512343 - 08/05/16 10:45 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

The only thing Asian where i live is the Chinese Restaurant  up the road.  Guess I gotta order agar if I wanna get anywhere.


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23512440 - 08/05/16 11:14 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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For chickpeas and lentils...




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    #23512446 - 08/05/16 11:17 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: h0ldthedoor]
    #23514434 - 08/05/16 09:36 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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I just went an hour out of town to try to find agar. The lady knew exactly what I was looking for, she said agar agar powder? I said yes and she said it's been discontinued because FDA banned it because it's sourced from Japan?

Any truth to this or lady just talking shit?




Just spoke to a local oriental market, according to them, the telephone brand is in short supply in some areas because shipments are being inspected due to suspicion of drugs. Customs or whoever the inspecting agency is, has reason to believe the Telephone brand, being a white powder, may be used to traffic narcotics. This is holding up shipments and is why the price of Telephone brand has gone up ~40% at their store.

Take this with a grain of salt, but stocking up may be a good idea, just in case.





Lol I bought a 10 pack off eBay last year and customs tore through it but still got my agar.......


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: SynKyd]
    #23514514 - 08/05/16 10:11 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I can confirm that the price went from like 50 cents or 75 or some shit to $1.69 per packet at my local Asian store.
This thread is what made me stop by and check it out.
I haven't searched into the actual matter at all but that is a pretty big price hike, so I stocked up before it climbs higher or disappears. Now I'm good for probably a year at least.:mushroom2:


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: mupetmower]
    #23517160 - 08/06/16 09:40 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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my local whole foods didnt even have it.. or trader joes, or anything like that.. nothing..

NOTHING I TELLS YA!



They may not carry it depending on your location but I picked this up at holefoods after the manager emphatically assured me they carried no such thing.  At which point I directed his attention to shelf in front of him.  People are lazy.  I'd go back and look in the ethnic section of either store.

Also, as mentioned above, it's very expensive at these places.  I'd order online.


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: Mycolorado]
    #23518053 - 08/07/16 07:58 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

hmm that is the same brand that Walmart carries online, but not in store, i believe. and yeah, i checked every inch of every shelf in my local Whole Foods.. nothing.. and like you say, if that bag is priced anywhere close to how it was priced on Walmarts online page, then i would rather get it from elsewhere, online, anyways.


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: mupetmower]
    #23519406 - 08/07/16 04:22 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

A lot of agar and seaweed products has been tainted with radioactive iodine 131 and cesium 137 from the fukishima meltdowns. For fun went to several grocery stores in my local area with my geiger counter.

A local Woodman's store had some seaweed that was so hot it set off my counter from about 5 feet away and bent the needle against the peg in the first three ranges up close to a single package. I took all them off the shelf and gave them to the customer service people. The reaction was surprising, i got a thank you from the manager and a 25 dollar gift card instead of the walmart response of "Please leave the store or we will have you escorted out by police." when i found some shrimp that were almost as hot.

Anyway, i found out in general most people want to know if what they were selling is safe.


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: Eywa_devotee]
    #23519657 - 08/07/16 05:49 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Fucking awesome, this would make a great show of you going around and doing that, I'd watch it.
Is it safe to assume most seaweed products from that region are tainted right now? That sounds more reasonable than customs ripping through shipments.

Also to OP, get some premixed formula.


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: Eywa_devotee]
    #23519702 - 08/07/16 06:02 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

That's super interesting. Also, another reason for me to avoid Walmart like the plague.

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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: Greg]
    #23519974 - 08/07/16 07:11 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Only in Wisconsin do you see people at the store with a Geiger counter.

Woodman's has the best commercials tho


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Re: Local Asian store says Agar FDA banned? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #23520008 - 08/07/16 07:21 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

hmmm i wonder if there is any way this can go from the agar to the myc and mushrooms? like if it does anything like the mercury in small fish that get eaten by bigger fish and it accumulates, you know?  can this happen with radiation? are we possibly eating tainted shrooms?

probably not, but just curious if this is possible. but, i do highly doubt it.. =p


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