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Posted: December 15, 2017 Under: Uncategorized By green No Comments

Seaweed straw designed to disappear March 16, 2019
[Global] Plastic straws consumption is about 500 million units per day, in the United States. Most of them end up in oceans or landfills. After a single use, they will remain there for hundreds of years. As a response to this situation, more and more locations are starting to ban these straws. But rather than […]
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Taokaenoi aims to rock seaweed market with F4 March 15, 2019
[Thailand] Taokaenoi Food said in a press release on Friday that it plans to spice up the seaweed snack market this summer with its new Asian superstars, F4. The company said the move is to strengthen the market leadership and raise awareness in its 360-degree marketing scheme including offline and on ground marketing. The first […]
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Seaweed beer just a taste of potential Australian industry March 13, 2019
[Australia] A beer brewed from seaweed might be hard to swallow for some, but Queensland scientists hope it will be the perfect appetiser for a full-scale seaweed industry. Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast have teamed up with Brisbane’s Newstead Brewing Co to produce the “Moreton Bae”. Newstead brewer and former molecular scientist […]
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Plastics to save the planet: edible packaging March 12, 2019
[Global] Be it from seaweed, sugar cane or seafood, edible packaging is coming to a food outlet near you soon. Nearly 10 years ago, Professor Nory Mulyono started making packaging from seaweed in a room in her fiancé’s house. Heavy rains in her home city of Jakarta had yet again highlighted the painful problem of […]
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Mariculture in India essential as seaweeds available in abundance March 12, 2019
[India] About 37 percent of our land is agricultural land, out of which 11 percent is used for crops. As the world’s population increases to 9.7 billion in 30 years, the land accessible for yields will diminish. Along these lines, there is a quick need to attempt and improve the productivity of food production. As […]
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Biosynthesis of triacylglycerol molecules in industrial microalgae March 7, 2019
[China] Researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences found two novel fatty acid-preferring enzymes that discriminate individual fatty acid species in triacylglycerol assembly Composition of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in triacylglycerols (TAGs) plays a major role in maintaining health and application areas of oils. However, regulation of PUFAs is less understood. Molecules of TAG that are […]
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Cows dine on seaweed at Darlington’s Acorn Dairy March 7, 2019
[UK] A taste of the ocean is being offered to organic cows to keep their health ship-shape and ensure they are free from needing antibiotic treatment. The 500-strong herd at Acorn Dairy, at Garthorne Farm, Archdeacon Newton, Darlington, are having their already rich diet further enhanced with the addition of seaweed as a means to […]
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Maker of algae-based feed ingredient held back in 2019 by acquisition March 6, 2019
[Netherlands] Corbion, an Amserdam, Netherlands-based food and biochemicals company, saw net sales of €897.2 million ($1 billion) in 2018, an overall growth of 0.6% over the previous year, though earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization sunk 19.8% to €131.6m, the company reports. It says the change is mostly due to the 2017 acquisition of […]
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Researchers find way to turn algae into fuel March 5, 2019
[USA] Biofuel experts have been working to find an economically-viable way to turn algae into biocrude oil to power various types of vehicles. An unusually rapid method to deliver biocrude oil in large quantities has been developed using a specially-designed jet mixer. According to the research published by University of Utah in Chemical Engineering Science […]
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Researchers delve into unexamined world of Alaska seaweed March 4, 2019
[USA] Growing up near the beach, Brian Ulaski often overlooked wrack, the seaweed that washes up on coastlines Later, as an undergraduate in California, Ulaski learned that wrack holds information about a coastline. It can tell us about the organisms that rely on this link between land and sea. Ulaski became interested in learning more […]
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