date:Aug 13, 2012
Dutch research organisation TNO have already started to investigate this potential, after they spied an opportunity to extract protein from coldwater algae which it believes could herald a new, environmentally-friendly, source of protein and a meat analogue.
NO researcher Korstanje said the protein rubisco found in algae has good functionality for food applications due to its structuring properties that make it useful for stabilising foams and gives it high potential uses in meat replacement