The trio focused their research on alginic acid, a dietary fiber that causes sliminess in seaweeds such as tangle and “wakame.” The students initially tried to make plastic from alginic acid ...

It's made is South Korea, and it's a mousse-type peeling formula that has alginic acid in it. Now, I've never heard of alginic acid, so I looked it up, and I found out that it's in deep-sea plants ...