Research towards the valorization of seaweed and microalgae as food on the European market
Research towards the valorization of seaweed and microalgae as food on the European market
Research towards the valorization of seaweed and microalgae as food on the European market
Seaweeds and microalgae have great potential as a protein-rich food source. Like animal products, microalgae contain all the essential amino acids (proteins) a human needs, in addition to healthy omega 3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
We often think of fish, mussels, oysters and shrimp, but seaweed and microalgae can also be cultivated in salt water.Circular cultivation The great advantage of algae is that they hardly need anything to grow.
Algae: seaweed and microalgae
Proteins from seaweed and legume residual flows
A sustainable and low-cost solution for the recovery of biofunctional and technological proteins: that is the aim of European project ALEHOOP
First test with Flemish seaweed features interesting tastes and textures
The Flemish “sugar kelp” (Saccharina latissima), a local species of seaweed, seems different from sugar kelp grown in other regions and seas.
Beer draff, rapeseed meal and seaweed for methane reduction in dairy cattle
LA trail HappyCliMi is testing the use of rapeseed meal and draff in feed rations for dairy cattle in practice, as well as screening other locally-available feedstocks and byproducts for their potential for methane-reducing potential in dairy cattle.
One step closer to seaweed, oyster and mussel farming in the Belgian North Sea
Margriet Drouillon;Daan Delbare;Sofie Vandendriessche;
According to research by ILVO and partners culturing seaweed and shellfish in the Belgian North Sea is biologically feasible.
Mariene sector;Aquacultuur;Zand, bagger en wind;