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Algae products for human consumption

Most people are surprised to learn of all the algae products available to them on the market already.the most common, and notic
food.

Algae use as food has been cited in Chinese literature as early as 2500 years ago. Several parts of Asia are well known for consum
(mostly seaweed) directly and some indigenous people in Africa, South America and Mexico consume small quantities of naturally
algae mostly because of the vitamins and nutrients they provide.

Microalgae for human nutrition are nowadays marketed in di erent forms such as tablets, capsules and liquids. They can also be
incorporated into pastas, snack foods, candy bars or gums, and beverages, noodles, wine, beverages, breakfast cereals, nutrition
cookies.

Algae as a snack
Seaweed: Best known for large scale consumption are the selected species of seaweed that are
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eaten in Asia. Asia even has a wide variety of seaweed snacks.

My son loves them. :+) Even Costco is getting into the act and selling seaweed snacks. So you know there is money in seaweed sna

Algae as a Staple food

Spirulina is the main example of small-scale microalgae cultivation in various parts of the developing world. It also has application
for livestock and aquaculture and as fertilizer, which will be reported on in the relevant sections of this chapter.

Algae Products in the Food Industry

In the food industry, agar is used as a gelatin substitute and is used in the manufacture of creams, sauces, mayonnaise, jellies, cus
puddings, processed cheese and frozen dairy products. It is also used for gelling and thickening in jams and marmalade's and as a
 drying agent in breads and pastries. Ice creams and other desserts also use agar as a thickener.
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Pigments found in algae naturally are widely employed as dyes and colorants in the food industry. N
algae pigments
pigments found in algae species are now used as an alternative to chemical based dyes and coloring
keen interest is shown by the food industry to replace existing chemical coloring agents with algae derived pigments.

Algal pigments are also used as a substitute for chemical dyes and coloring agents in the pharmaceutical, textile and cosmetic ind

Algae products as Health foods and pharmaceuticals

The market, currently at about 2.5 billion US$, is expected to grow in the future.

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The consumption of microalgal biomass as a human health food supplement is currently restricted to only a few species, e.g., Spir
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(Arthospira), Chlorella, Dunalliella, and to a lesser extent, Nostoc and Aphanizomenon.

Animal Feeds

The consumption of microalgal biomass as a human health food supplement is currently

restricted to only a few species, e.g., Spirulina (Arthospira), Chlorella, Dunalliella, and to a
lesser extent, Nostoc and Aphanizomenon.

The market for microalgal animal feeds, estimated to be about 300 million US$, is quickly
growing.

With the increasing demand for food grain production, it is becoming more di cult to spare
land for fodder production in the developing countries. However, growing algae products,
which can be produced in the homesteads throughout the year without using crop land,
may be a help to a certain extent in this situation.

Nutraceuticals
Nutraceutical, a portmanteau of the words “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical”, is a food
product that reportedly provides health and medical bene ts, including the preventio
treatment of disease.

The nutraceutical industry in the US is about $86 billion. This gure is slightly higher i
and, in Japan, represents approximately a quarter of the $6 billion total annual food s
of the Japanese population consume nutraceuticals. Even without speci c nancial g
business reports continually suggest that the market is consistently growing.

There are multiple di erent types of algae products that may fall under the category
nutraceuticals.

• Dietary Supplements
• Functional Foods
• Medical Foods
• Farmaceuticals

Omega-3 Oils

In the most basic sense, algae have three ingredients that make them nourishing to eat:

chlorophyll and other plant pigments

omega-3 fatty acids in the form of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
important marine minerals such as iodine

Algae are the base of the food chain for sh. Fish consume these algae and then
concentrate high amounts of EPA and DHA in their tissues.

The essential fats, or Omega 3's from algae, may improve fatty acid balance and:

Cardiovascular function
Nervous system function
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Anti-Oxidants

A number of anti-oxidants, sold for the health food market, have also been produced by microalgae. The most prominent is carot
Dunaliella salina, which is sold either as an extract or as a whole cell powder ranging in price from 300 to 3,000 US$ per kg. The m
for carotene is estimated to be greater than 280 million US$.
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Pharmaceutical Uses of Algae

Algae have a history of being used as herbal medicine to treat sunstroke and intestinal p
in China. The modern pharmaceutical industry also uses algae products.

Medicinal uses of algae date back to ancient times where algae were used to treat ailme
cough, hypertension, diarrhea and gout. Modern research focuses on use of algae as an
agents.

Antibiotics have been extracted from a wide variety of algae each having a unique chem
These compounds have a great scope in the pharmaceutical industry.

A compound called cryptophycin 1 has been identi ed in blue-green algae which can be
an anticancer drug and has signi cant potential. Various species of microalgae produce incredibly potent alkaloids which can be u
cancer treatment.
Coloring Agents

Cleopatra’s as well as Roman togas were colored with algae coloring agents and pigments. For 1000’s of years various forms of alg
been used as dyes.

Applications

• In Food Coloring: Phycocyanin colorants in general are nontoxic and non-

carcinogenic. Uses of phycocyanin in foods include the coloring of fermented milk
products, ice creams, chewing gum, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, desserts, sweet cake
decoration, and milk shakes.
•In Clothing: Chlorophyll Derivatives are used for dyeing of fabrics such as wool,
acetate derivatives and cotton.
• In Pharmaceuticals: Beta-carotene used in food coloring is a source of Vitamin
A.The human body converts betacarotene to vitamin A via body tissues as opposed
to the liver, hence avoiding a build up of toxins in the liver. Beta-Carotene has
antioxidant qualities.
• In cosmetics: Algal pigments are used for adding exotic colors to soaps. Sea weeds
(Macroalgae) are a source of pigments for various hair coloring products due to their long lasting properties.
• In Paint Additives: Diatoms are also used in paint additives, other than algal pigments, due to the iridescent nature of their
shells.
In Paper Industry: The paper products used generally are not recyclable because of the chemical inks they use. The paper in
shifting their focus to algae because the inks derived from them are easy to break down and hence easily recyclable.
•In Cancer Research Both phycocyanin and phycoerythrin uoresce at aparticular wavelength. The light produced by this uo
is so distinctive and reliable, that phycobilins may be used as chemical “tags”. The pigments are chemically bonded to antibod
are then put into a solution of cells.

Cosmetics

Chemicals with antioxidant properties and vitamins constituents have a whopping scope in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and foo
industries.

Lipsticks, nail enamels, body lotions, shaving creams and shampoos all use algae derived products.
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Algae Fertilizers

The need for the use of bio fertilizers has arisen, primarily for two reasons.

1.) Increase in the use of fertilizers leads to increased crop productivity,

2.) Increased usage of chemical fertilizer leads to damage in soil texture and raises other environmental problems.
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Historically, seaweed has been used as a fertilizer worldwide in coastal regions, mainly for its mineral content and to increase the
binding capacity of the soil. Microalgal species that x nitrogen are important, especially in rice cultivation.

After the extraction of oil or carbohydrates from both seaweed and microalgae, most of the nutrients are still present in the left-o
biomass. One potential market for this nutrient-rich biomass is as biofertilizer. Market volume is large while the market value is lo
many cases it might be more economic to extract these nutrients for reuse in algae cultivation.

Paper

Cellulose-containing algae can potentially be used as a renewable feedstock for paper

production as the strong green color of algae is more di cult to bleach than wood bers but,
although algae are generally known for their low cellulose and hemicellulose content, there are
a few examples of research into the use of algae as a non-wood ber source.

Bioconcrete

Bio concrete is a living concrete that has the ability

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Industrial applications such as bioremediation of cracks , strengthening of concrete a

biogrouting.
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Algae Bio Plastics

Bio-plastics or organic plastics as they are called are a form of plastics made from renewable biomass such as vegetable oil and st
unlike fossil-fuel plastics which are derived from nonrenewable petroleum sources. Bioplastics provide the advantages of being
environment friendly and conserve fossil fuels.

Algae act as an excellent source material for bio-plastic production owing to many advantages such as high product yields and the
grow in a range of environments.

Algae serve as a superb feedstock for plastic generation due to its many advantages suc
yield as well as the capacity to expand in a range of environments.

Algae bio plastics mainly produced as a byproduct of algae biofuel manufacturing, wher
corporations have been discovering di erent options for income in addition to those fro
biofuels.

In addition, the use of algae reveals the opportunity of using carbon dioxide, eliminating
greenhouse gas pollutants from industrial facilities or power plants.

Algae based plastics have been a recent development in the era of bio plastics in comparison to standard ways of utilizing feed sto
corn and potatoes as plastics. While algae-based plastics are in their startup phase, the moment they are into commercialization t
likely to discover applications in a great deal of industrial sectors.

Algae Products in aquaculture.

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demands. The sh produced as a result of aquaculture are high protein food source.Generally
speaking, micro algae are used as feed for the following three classi cations

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Microalgae are also used as feed in the aquaculture of mollusks, crustaceans (shrimp), and sh. Algae have been used as a compo
aquaculture feed stocks for decades, including for sh, abalone, and bivalve mollusk..

There's no question, in today's "green" based culture algae products will play a bigger and bigger role in the future as sustainabilit
becomes more common place. .

Algae Pet Products

The market is big, and booming, and booming especially at the top-dollar end. The
Pet Products Association estimated in 2015 that $58 billion was spent on pets each
market has grown 75 percent since 2000,according to Hu Post

Everyone eats algae, they just don't put it directly into their mouths. this is because
eat little sh and little sh eat tiny sh and tiny sh eat algae. Because we're at the
food chain, we eat the big sh.

Ever wonder why salmon are pink on the inside? Algae. Why amingos are pink? A
If you are what you eat, which means, you’re made out of algae too.

Don't get out the smelling salts just yet: Nestle and TerraVia are pleased and deligh
Here’s what they had to say.

“TerraVia is a leader in algae nutrition innovation, and at Nestlé Purina we are always seeking out new ingredients to advance pet
to help them live better, more active lives. We are excited about the potential impact these algae-based ingredients can make in t
and the lives of pets,” said Daniel Smith, Vice President of R&D, Nestlé Purina.

Algae Flour

Our friend and buddy Solazyme, has subsequently reached commercial scale at
Moema, and bought out Roquette, a global leader in processing plant-based raw
materials (corn, wheat, potatoes, peas and microalgae), has introduced a production
unit dedicated to microalgae at its industrial site in Lestrem (Pas de Calais, France). The
unit has production capacity of 4,000 to 5,000 tons/year.

Here’s the algal our product line:

•algility HL, whole algal our, which was recognized as the most innovative ingredient
of the year at the FIE Innovation Awards 2013. Roquette said that “this whole food
ingredient signi cantly improves the nutritional qualities of recipes (reduces fat,
optimizes lipid pro le) while preserving taste and texture.”
• algility HP, whole algal protein. This whole food ingredient, which is under development, combines plant-based proteins (as an
to animal proteins), bers and unsaturated lipids.
• algility chlorella, a nutrient-rich whole food ingredient.

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