Seaweed

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UK seaweed additive company set to float on AIM

By Jane Byrne

Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT) is gearing up to list on the UK’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM); the seaweed company plans to raise £6m (US$7.4m) in an initial public offering (IPO).

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Germany's JRS buys French seaweed processor Algaia

By Jane Byrne

Algaia, a French producer of seaweed-based products, has been sold to J Rettenmaier & Söhne (JRS), a German fiber and hydrocolloid specialist. The newly merged seaweed group is targeting the food, feed, agriculture, and pharma sectors

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Greening cattle diets, US company looks to the ocean

By Jane Byrne

US company, Blue Ocean Barns, says it has developed a feed supplement from the red seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, which, when minimally processed and fed in small amounts to cattle, significantly reduces their methane emissions.

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Special Edition: Novel Proteins

Scotland sees potential in seaweed feed

By Jane Byrne

A UK feed project, being carried out through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), is aiming to pinpoint the ideal seaweeds for use in ruminant feeds based on their nutritional value, with a particular interest in protein content.

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Sea kelp: the forgotten supplement?

By Lynda Searby

An Irish farming family has commercialized a dried seaweed supplement that has enabled its pig herd to go antibiotic free.