Accelerate the transition towards sustainable food, feed and cosmetics
Cultivating seaweed to feed the world sustainably
Accelerate the transition towards sustainable food, feed and cosmetics
Cultivating seaweed to feed the world sustainably
Why Seaweed
Healthy superfood
Natural dietary supplement
Alternative proteins
Seaweed is a sustainable superfood. Seaweed is the greatest untapped resource on the planet: it's healthy, nutritious and packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In addition to nori, wakame, dulse and kombu, many more seaweeds are discovered as human food. Seaweed grows fast, purifies sea water and absorbs carbon dioxide.
Alternative proteins
Natural dietary supplement
Alternative proteins
Seaweed is the most sustainable source of protein and can be eaten fresh, dried or purified to pure proteins. Seaweed is an ingredient for meat replacements, like vegetarian hamburgers. Seaweed has a rich umami flavor, is an excellent binding ingredients and may even taste like bacon. Red seaweeds have vibrant colours and turns brown when cooked.
Natural dietary supplement
Natural dietary supplement
Natural cosmetics ingredient
Seaweed is a great dietary food supplement for adding extra minerals, vitamins and omega-3 to your daily routine. Seaweed contains antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. This makes seaweed a great natural dietary supplement. Seaweed grows on sea water, light and carbon dioxide. Seaweed generates oxygen and doesn't need freshwater.
Natural cosmetics ingredient
Natural cosmetics ingredient
Natural cosmetics ingredient
Seaweed is a natural, biodegradable ingredient for cosmetics, for texturizing, emulsifying and stabilizing, as well as for its beneficial bio-active compounds. Seaweed and seaweed extracts are anti-aging, anti-oxidizing and antibacterial. Its anti-fungal activity enables substituting chemical preservations. Seaweed provides long-lasting skin hydration, drawing moisture to skin cells.
Antibacterial wound dressing
Natural cosmetics ingredient
Antibacterial wound dressing
Seaweed has very beneficial bioactive properties, including antibacterial, antioxidant, antiviral and even anticancer properties. This makes seaweed an interesting ingredient for the cosmetic, nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical industries, for skin care, wound dressings, tissue engineering and antiviral, antioxidant, cancer-fighting and immunostimulating agents.
Reduced methane emissions
Natural cosmetics ingredient
Antibacterial wound dressing
Feeding cattle with Asparagopsis seaweed reduces their methane from burbs and farts with 82%. Is that important? Yes, if cattle were a country, they would rank third in greenhouse gas emissions, almost as much as the US. And even more, feeding cows with seaweed improves their feed conversion efficiency compared to cows not supplemented with seaweed. Win-win!
Seaweedland news
Seaweedland Friesland
Seaweedland Friesland
Seaweedland Friesland
Seaweedland will test its indoor seaweed cultivation technology in a greenhouse facility in Friesland. In this way we will explore the possibilities to deploy large scale indoor seaweed cultivation in greenhouses. Benefit of seaweed cultivation is that we will use saline ground water and not use precious fresh water.
Greenhouses offer the possibility to control the temperature and carbon dioxide levels at their optimal levels for maximum yield and optimal quality. Furthermore, indoor cultivation reduces the risk of contamination by unwanted biological materials and shellfish in the seaweed tanks.
Seaweedland Bonaire
Seaweedland Friesland
Seaweedland Friesland
Seaweedland had a very constructive meeting with the government of Bonaire, Mr. Kroon and Mr. Adriaens, to discuss the potential and possibilities for land based seaweed cultivation on Bonaire. Due to its stable water temperature and clean ocean water, Bonaire is a great place for seaweed cultivation. Seaweed cultivation on Bonaire will create jobs, economic growth without adding pressure on eco-systems or additional waste. Seaweed cultivation actually contributes to helps coral reef conservation since seaweed extracts carbon dioxide from the ocean and de-acidifies sea water.
Wageningen University
Seaweedland Friesland
Wageningen University
Seaweedland visited Wageningen University & Research, to discuss the possibilities to use bio-refining technologies to create high value products, ingredients and compounds from seaweed. Examples are vitamins, proteins, polysaccharides, hydrocolloids, fatty acids like omega3, fibers for prebiotic, minerals and more. The objective is to create a bio-refining process that uses and valorizes all compounds into valuable products without creating any waste streams. Seaweedland has spoken to Prof. Rene Wijffels and Antoinette Kazbar of the Wageningen University.
Hanze Groningen
Seaweed from Bonaire
Wageningen University
Hanzehogeschool Groningen is the University of Applied Science. Seaweedland and Hanzehogeschool Groningen have started a Research & Development project to improve the quality and efficiency of seaweed cultivation by using smart on-land cultivation technologies. During this R&D project, Seaweedland cooperates with professor Rob van Haren, and students and the field of developments in the bio-based economy.
Seaweed from Bonaire
Seaweed from Bonaire
Seaweed from Bonaire
Seaweedland has identified and sourced Ulva seaweed on Bonaire. The seaweed has been brought to our seaweed lab for further analysis. Seaweedland cultivates local seaweeds, customed to local conditions and avoiding introduction of invasive species into precious eco-systems. The seaweed will be tested to determine the optimal cultivation conditions in order to produce the optimal quality with consistent production volumes.
Grant from RVO
Seaweed from Bonaire
Seaweed from Bonaire
Seaweedland received an 85,000 euro grant from RVO for R&D of its On-Land Seaweed Cultivation Technology. Seaweedland cooperates with Hortimare and Hanzehogeschool Groningen to prove that through land based seaweed cultivation, seaweed can be produced at a higher and more consistent quality and will result in a business model that makes seaweed suitable for use in food, feed and cosmetics.
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