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Answers: None of the shops in Cheltenham seem to sell it and I cannot find anywhere on the internet to get it ny mail order

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from asian food shops

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I usually find it as flakes in a health food store. You could make a suggestion to your local healthy food or grocery store to make that product available, usually they will listen.
I found a site that seems to sell it http://www.herbco.com/bulk_herbs/bulk-he...

http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/index.asp...

http://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch/CN-...

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http://www.bulkfoods.com/agar_agar.htm
you can buy it from this site

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microbiology supply.... It's what they grow bacteria on in petri dishes.

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Scientific supply, use a ton of it with a genetic mod experiment with fruit flies.

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