jinx. I think we were posting at the same time. If you can not buy the algin capsules, maybe you can buy brown seaweed? The ingredients on the algin bottle say it is Sodium alginate from brown seaweed. If you are in a big city, you may have an Asian area. I bought it once and ate it like a pasta with some veggies. It actually tasted pretty good.
Hope this helps.
chigirl