Incredible uses For Seaweed

From the sea to everywhere

What do I look like?

Seaweed = Marine Algae (Plants)

red

green brown

The accidental born of their cultivation

Japan, 1500 years ago
Fresh fish every day !

Fish farming (offshore fence)

Shogun Tokugawatra dinasty

EVOLUTIONARY PROGRESS

DO YOU KNOW ... ...IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT YOU EAT SEAWEED WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING?

1 . FOOD ADITIVES

Product

E number

Origin

Used as

Typical products

Alginates and various derivatives (e.g. Sodium alginate, Propylene glycol alginate)

E400-405

Emulsifier, suspending, Large BROWN stabiliser, seaweeds gelling agent, thickner.

Ice-creams, milk shakes, instant desserts, custard tarts. Suspending agent in soft drinks. Spreads and many others.

Agar

E406

Mainly species of RED algae

Emulsifier, stabiliser, Ice-creams, tinned goods, gelling agent, glazes for meats, etc. thickner. Ice-creams, milk shakes, instant desserts, custard tarts. Suspending agent in soft drinks. Spreads and many others.

Carrageenan

E407

Other species Emulsifier, such as stabiliser, Kappaphycus, gelling agent, or Chondrus thickner.

2 . COOKED FOOD

Galician seaweed products

3 . NUTRITION
Wakame Kelp Nori

Calcium

Iodine

Vitamin C

3 . NUTRITION
Wakame Kelp Nori

X 10

Calcium

Iodine

x 1.5

Vitamin C

4 . COSMETIC AND BATH PRODUCTS

Toothpaste, Shampoo, soap (gelling agent) ...

5 . HPV PREVENTION
HPV = Human papilomavirus Cervical cancer

Even in Sexual lubricants!

6 . BIOFUEL

Easier to produce + cheaper + No effect on food supplies

7 . FERTILIZERS AND ANIMAL FEED

Suitable Nitrogen & Phosphorus content

8 . WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Sewage treatments Agricultural run-off

= Eutrophication

9 . SEAWEED BATHS

Food Aditives
Cosmetic & Bath Products Fertilisers & Animal feed

Cooked food

Nutrition

HPV prevention Wastewater treatment

Biofuel

Seaweed baths