Alginates, a unique carbohydrate, is a much favored ingredient used by the food industry because of its viscosity modifying properties. See weeds, harvested from shallow oceans, are the source material from which alginate is extracted and China is the major country that harvests see weeds for use both in industry as well as at the house hold level. Kelp is another term used for long see weeds measuring 30-80 meter and there are vast kelp forests under the ocean in some parts of the world. Modern kelp farms grow see weeds under some supervision. Kelp grows at a fast rate, about half meter a day under ideal conditions which include water temperature of about 20C and abundant nutrients. Probably existence of kelp farms in the western hemisphere may be a news and here is the take on that.
"Dobbins and Olson run what is believed to be America's only commercial kelp farm. Inspired by mega-aquaculture sites in Asia, and a $7-billion global seaweed industry, the two entrepreneurs started cultivating kelp here last year and have begun marketing it as an exotic frozen vegetable. "It's a giant brown algae in the water, but it turns bright green when it's cooked," Olson said. "Think kelp noodles. And kelp salad. And kelp slaw." The aqua-farmers go to work each day in a 41-year-old lobster boat, chugging between rugged islands and rocky outcrops. They usually wear wet suits and scuba gear to tend their underwater crop by hand. On wintry days, they light a wood-burning stove below deck to keep warm".
While alginates find use in products like ice-cream, jelly, salad dressings, tooth paste, see weed per se is valued for its rich iodine content. It is used directly in many food preparations in the Orient, valued for its flavor and digestibility enhancing role in foods. Presence of unique photo chemicals present in see weeds are reported to be excellent antibiotics and antivirals. Probably frozen see weeds marketed in the US by the above entrepreneurs are patronized by the immigrant population from South Asia more than the local Americans.
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"Dobbins and Olson run what is believed to be America's only commercial kelp farm. Inspired by mega-aquaculture sites in Asia, and a $7-billion global seaweed industry, the two entrepreneurs started cultivating kelp here last year and have begun marketing it as an exotic frozen vegetable. "It's a giant brown algae in the water, but it turns bright green when it's cooked," Olson said. "Think kelp noodles. And kelp salad. And kelp slaw." The aqua-farmers go to work each day in a 41-year-old lobster boat, chugging between rugged islands and rocky outcrops. They usually wear wet suits and scuba gear to tend their underwater crop by hand. On wintry days, they light a wood-burning stove below deck to keep warm".
While alginates find use in products like ice-cream, jelly, salad dressings, tooth paste, see weed per se is valued for its rich iodine content. It is used directly in many food preparations in the Orient, valued for its flavor and digestibility enhancing role in foods. Presence of unique photo chemicals present in see weeds are reported to be excellent antibiotics and antivirals. Probably frozen see weeds marketed in the US by the above entrepreneurs are patronized by the immigrant population from South Asia more than the local Americans.
http://vhpotty.blogspot.com/
http://foodtechupdates.blogspot.com
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