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A common seaweed used for manufacturing the hydrophilic colloids to produce carrageenan is Chondrus crispus (Irish moss), which is a dark red, parsley-like alga that grows attached to rocks. Gelatinous extracts of C. crispus have been used as food additives since approximately the fifteenth century. [ 3 ]
Other seaweed may be used as fertilizer, compost for landscaping, or to combat beach erosion through burial in beach dunes. [55] Seaweed is under consideration as a potential source of bioethanol. [56] [57] Seaweed is lifted out of the top of an algae scrubber/cultivator, to be discarded or used as food, fertilizer, or skin care.
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Plastics in particular are the most common form of litter found on beaches, [5] and it is estimated that 46% of shorebirds ingest plastic in their lifetime while 26% experience entanglement. [6] A variety of effects have been observed in animals that ingest plastic, including reduced reproductive success, changes in immune function, and ...
Dulse is one of many edible algae. Algaculture may become an important part of a healthy and sustainable food system [11]. Several species of algae are raised for food. While algae have qualities of a sustainable food source, "producing highly digestible proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates, and are rich in essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals" and e.g. having a high protein ...
Foam plastic clamshells have been used in fast food restaurants for burgers; paperboard clamshells are currently being used similarly. Clear plastic clamshell containers were used for strawberries by Driscoll’s, a California berry grower, in the 1990s to pack its berries for retail sale. [3]
Various types of flavored gulaman sold in plastic cups. Gulaman is now the chief Filipino culinary use of agar, which is made of processed Gracilaria seaweed (around 18 species occur naturally in the Philippines); [2] [7] or carrageenan derived from other farmed seaweed species like Eucheuma and Kappaphycus alvarezii, which were first cultivated commercially in the Philippines.
It turned out that the fried seaweed was the best-selling product, surpassing the performance of the chestnuts themselves. This success promoted him to further develop the seaweed business. Tob was interested in the seaweed business and initiated a trial sales effort by packaging them in plastic bags and distributing them to various stores.