Aqua Cultured Foods earns regulatory approval in US for fermentation-based fish-free seafood

Chicago, US-based alt-seafood start-up Aqua Cultured Foods has obtained self-GRAS status in the US, following a recent review by an independent panel of qualified scientific and toxicology experts. GRAS independent conclusion gives Aqua the green light to sell its products to consumers in the US. Aqua’s first products – tuna and scallops – are made […]
From ‘seaweed emergency’ to sustainable solutions

There’s a problem piling up on the shores of Mexico’s famous Yucatan Peninsula. Since 2011, a brown seaweed called sargassum has been drifting onto the popular beaches of Quintana Roo. In 2019, it got so bad that local officials declared a ‘seaweed emergency’. The unprecedented recent influx of Sargassum seaweed on coastal shores demonstrates […]