While research suggests that the level of toxic chemicals in edible seaweed is generally low, a build-up of such harmful substances over time may cause health issues. Seaweed is a healthy food.

If you're looking for a guide to edible seaweed, a pretty accessible place to start is with nori. This salty, delicious sea vegetable is often found wrapped around sushi or onigiri, or packaged in ...

It’s low tide around North Uist, a remote island off the West Coast of Scotland. Dark tendrils of seaweed lie glistening on the rocky shore, and a lone figure in orange waders moves methodically ...

"They are holding up a horizontal line," explains Mr Gregarsen, the managing director of Ocean Rainforest, a seaweed producer. "At every metre another line hangs down, and that's where the seaweed ...

Evoware co-founder David Christian said the idea of seaweed-based edible packaging was spurred by his desire to fight an explosion in plastic waste over the last few years in his home city of ...

Nor is there any federal tracking of seaweed landings, despite the edible seaweed business being worth nearly $2 billion in ...

Unless gathered absolutely fresh, seaweed tends to be sold dried. It is available fresh from May to June. Carrageen, or Irish moss, is used as a vegetarian gelling agent in some processed foods.

Loliware's sustainability adviser, Daniela Saltzman, said their straw "looks, feels, and acts like plastic," while Briganti said it has a "neutral" taste that's not salty like traditional seaweed.

Seaweed is once again showing promise for making cattle farming more sustainable. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed ...

The London startup Notpla has created a plastic alternative from seaweed that's biodegradable — and even edible. And it's hoping it could put a dent in the 300 million tons of plastic waste ...

Seaweed could certainly be one of our food futures. The future of food was the overarching culinary theme at Serendipity, curated by food collective, Edible Issues. While past editions of the ...