8 articles
Irish moss is the small red alga of North Atlantic shores that gave the world carrageenan. Profile: ecology, history, harvest and modern uses.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Irish moss pudding sets warm milk with carrageenan into a soft, old Atlantic dessert. Full recipe, soaking method, the Caribbean drink, sourcing and fixes.
Sofia Andersson ·
Kappaphycus and Eucheuma supply most of the world's carrageenan. How tropical seaweed farming works — lines, 45-day cycles, ice-ice disease and economics.
Naomi Reyes ·
A guide to the Sulu Archipelago's seaweed coast — eucheumatoid farms, village economies, ice-ice disease, and how reef and farm share the shallows.
Naomi Reyes ·
Alginate, carrageenan, agar and fucoidan all start as wet seaweed on a harvest boat. Here is how extraction turns fronds into the powders behind a thousand products.
Naomi Reyes ·
How seaweed extracts work in cosmetics, which claims have real evidence behind them, and what supply chains skincare formulators actually need from growers.
Naomi Reyes ·
Indonesia and the Philippines farm more tropical seaweed than anywhere on Earth. How the eucheumatoid system works, what sustains it, and what it teaches.
Naomi Reyes ·
Turkish towel species profile: the rough-textured red alga of surf-swept Pacific rocks, its carrageenan chemistry, life cycle and kelp-forest role.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·