You can differentiate between the seaweed species by their color- red, brown or green. The brown seaweed is widely used because it contains the best gelling properties to bind the other ingredients. ... Continue Reading
“Extract of seaweed” is often found on the list of ingredients on cosmetic packages, particularly in face, hand and body creams or lotions. This usually refers to the use of alginate or carrageena ... Continue Reading
From historical times seaweeds have been employed for medical purposes, but it has been difficult to prove that any effect is, in fact, due to substances in the algae. Reference has already been made ... Continue Reading
Fish oil has not historically been a subject of study, and it is only because of the increasing recognition of its importance to human nutrition and health that it has become a topic of interest. The ... Continue Reading
Enzymes have been used in a wide variety of foods for centuries and provide alternate approach to food protection. They are well accepted by the consumers than chemical additives such as antioxidants. ... Continue Reading
Oil extraction
Algae oils have a variety of commercial and industrial uses, and are extracted through a wide variety of methods. Estimates of the cost to extract oil from microalgae vary.
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Postelsia palmaeformis, also known as the sea palm or palm seaweed, is a species of kelp and classified within brown algae. The sea palm is found along the western coast of North America, on rocky sho ... Continue Reading
For Kappaphycus and Eucheuma, the farmers usually sell to middlemen; sometimes there may be two in the chain. They sort and clean up the seaweed before selling it on to the carrageenan processors. ... Continue Reading
Green distromatic seaweeds of the genus Ulva (Sea Lettuce) are commercially cultivated in East Asia for the food produce Aonori. Seaweed having resemblance to lettuce are in fact U.Fasciata, U.Lactuca ... Continue Reading
Dulse, a red algae with leathery fronds (leaves) is found in the eulittoral zone and sometimes the upper sublittoral. It is collected by hand by harvesters plucking it from the rocks at low tide. It i ... Continue Reading
After receiving a prognosis of three months, my wife is on her way to recovery thanks to “Fucoidan.”
Midori Sasanuma, Housewife, female, 62 years old.
Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, Japan/ Interview w ... Continue Reading
Today in a number of countries, animals still regularly feed in certain regions upon fresh seaweed or are given a prepared seaweed food. In Iceland fresh seaweeds are commonly employed as a food for s ... Continue Reading
Marine nutraceutical might have a positive effect on human health as they can protect human body against damage by reactive oxygen species (ROS), which attack macromolecules such as membrane lipids, p ... Continue Reading
Peptides might help diabetes by improving absorption of glucose into the cells of the body. Peptides in fish hydrolyzates could be beneficial when used as feed components in aquaculture. Small peptide ... Continue Reading
Humans use algae as food, for production of useful compounds, as biofilters to remove nutrients and other pollutants from wastewaters, to assay water quality, as indicators of environmental change, in ... Continue Reading
Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), a brown seaweed, occurs on rocky shores and bays in the temperature zones of Japan, the Republic of Korea and China. It grows on rocks and reefs in the sub littoral zone, ... Continue Reading
Wakame (Alaria) is a large brown kelp which grows in the upper limit of the sublittoral zone. It has a wide distribution in cold waters and does not survive above 16oC. It is found in areas such as Ir ... Continue Reading
This is the purplish-black seaweed often seen wrapped around a small handful of rice in sushi. It comes largely from cultivation in Japan, the Republic of Korea and China. In Japan’s list of product ... Continue Reading
 Zucchini-Cheese Omelet-380x230.jpg "Recipe for Sea Palm (Postelsia palmaeformis) Zucchini-Cheese Omelet")
-380x230.jpg "Agronomy and Utilization of Sea Lettuce (Ulva)")
 used as human food-380x230.jpg "Dulse (Palmaria palmata) used as human food")
 recipe-380x230.jpg "Miso soup with Tofu and Wakame (Alaria) recipe")
