SUSWEED - Sustainable use of marine and industrial waters to unlock the potential of seaweeds as a future food source

Cultivated macroalgae represent a promising opportunity to feed a growing global population - without further straining the availability of clean fresh water. No fertiliser is required; instead, seaweed farming has a net uptake of dissolved nutrients and thus counteracts eutrophication. The goal of the SUSWEED project is to utilise the great potential of Swedish seaweed as a future sustainable food source. This is achieved through new cultivation techniques for sea lettuce (Ulva fenestrata) and dulse (Palmaria palmata) in the sea, but also as part of a system where process water from the food industry is purified from nutrients. Harvested seaweed will be processed into nutritious and safe raw materials that can be used in new, tasty food products.