Israeli researchers turned seaweed into a tailored superfood using aquaculture-tech

Published 2022년 10월 18일

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Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Haifa’s Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, led by PhD student Doron Yehuda Ashkenazi, have developed a method to cultivate designer seaweed using aquaculture technology. This method enriches seaweed with specific nutrients, proteins, dietary fiber, and minerals by integrating it with finfish. The resulting superfood can help combat malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies, and can be used in various applications such as health foods, nutritional supplements, cosmetics, and animal feed. The process is environmentally friendly and has the added benefit of purifying water. The study focused on local algae species grown near fish farms, fed with nutrient-rich fish effluents, and grown under special conditions to increase nutritional value.
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Aquaculture tech turns seaweed into a tailored superfood. Cultivating designer seaweed using innovative technology developed by Israeli researchers could help end malnutrition worldwide. A study using state-of-the-art aquaculture-tech to enrich seaweeds was described in the scientific journal Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies by PhD student Doron Yehuda Ashkenazi, who worked under the guidance of Prof. Avigdor Abelson from Tel Aviv University and Prof. Alvaro Israel from Haifa’s Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLR). “Seaweed can be regarded as a natural superfood, more abundant in the necessary components of the human diet than other food sources,” says Ashkenazi. An innovative, two-step aquaculture approach integrates seaweeds and finfish to enrich the superfood with purposefully selected nutrients, proteins, dietary fiber and minerals. Aquaculture is environmentally friendly because it does not require land, fresh water, or fertiliser, ...
Source: Fish Focus

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