The Global Race to Scale Algae Oil Production for a Growing Market
Twenty years ago, algae oil was a laboratory curiosity with almost no commercial footprint. Today it is a multibillion-dollar ingredient category with facilities on three […]
Inside the World’s Largest Algae Bioreactor Farms
An algae oil softgel does not reveal much about where it came from. Behind that capsule is typically one of a small number of large, […]
Algae and the Future of Food Security in a Changing Climate
The math behind global food security over the next few decades is not particularly encouraging. The world’s population is projected to reach somewhere between 9.3 […]
The Beaches That Glow Blue at Night, and the Algae Responsible
There’s a small handful of places on Earth where the ocean seems to light up on command. Wade into the water at night, drag a […]
Pond Scum, Soylent Green, and Space Farms: Algae’s Strange Life in Pop Culture
Algae has a weird relationship with pop culture. It shows up constantly as shorthand for something gross, primitive, or vaguely apocalyptic, and yet it also […]
Could You Skip the Supplement and Just Eat Algae? We Did the Math
If algae is where DHA actually comes from, a reasonable question follows pretty quickly: why not just eat the algae? Skip the extraction, skip the […]
From Bioreactor to Softgel: How Algae Oil Is Actually Made
Ask most people to picture how algae oil is made, and you’ll probably get some version of the same mental image: a pond, a net, […]
Red Tide vs. Your Supplement: Why Algae Has a Serious Image Problem
Say the word “algae” to most people and the first image that comes to mind probably isn’t a softgel capsule. It’s more likely to be […]
From Wales to Chad: The Cultures That Have Eaten Algae for Centuries
Algae as a health food can feel like a fairly recent idea, something that showed up alongside kale chips and green smoothies. In reality, several […]
Fish Don’t Make Omega-3, They Steal It (The Real Story of the Ocean Food Chain)
Salmon gets all the credit. Walk down any supplement aisle or read any nutrition article and you’ll see the same message: eat fatty fish for […]