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Algae for Food

Algae for Food

Algae for Food

Working Group 3. Algae for Food will support the broader adoption of algae for food purposes. Algae are already used in human nutrition as food (fresh, fermented, dried, or frozen, either whole or milled into differently-sized flakes, granules, or powders) or as food additives, ingredients, and supplements. They are a source of new tastes with the umami taste. Besides, algae have interesting nutritional proprieties which have recently been highlighted and could play a role in food security and fighting malnutrition. Algae are also a natural source of micro-and macro-nutrients and trace elements, which have their interest in human health. Moreover, they are landless food production relatively rich in nutrients compared to land-grown plants.

 

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General documents

General publications13 May 2024
Algae as Traditional food-2023
General publications13 May 2024
Novel Food Priority List-EU4Alagae-EABA
General publications13 May 2024
O1.7 - 1st version of WGs action plans

 

Meeting - June 2024

The Working Group 3 meeting held on 05 June was aimed at discussing the contaminants paper which you can find here. If you have any inputs, please write to: vitor.verdelho vitor [dot] verdelhoateaba-association [dot] org (vitor[dot]verdelho[at]eaba-association[dot]org) with the subject “Contaminants in algae food” with EU4Algae - Contact contactateu4algae [dot] eu (contact[at]eu4algae[dot]eu) in copy.

General publications6 June 2024
Vitafoods photos

 

Reference documents

General publications13 May 2024
SensAlgae_report