Microalgae as sustainable food and feed sources for animals and humans–biotechnological and environmental aspects

A Kusmayadi, YK Leong, HW Yen, CY Huang… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Offering a potential solution for global food security and mitigating environmental issues
caused by the expansion of land-based food production, the carbon-hunger and nutrient …

Astaxanthin for the food industry

B Stachowiak, P Szulc - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Xanthophyll astaxanthin, which is commonly used in aquaculture, is one of the most
expensive and important industrial pigments. It is responsible for the pink and red color of …

Microalgae biomass as a sustainable source for biofuel, biochemical and biobased value-added products: An integrated biorefinery concept

SYA Siddiki, M Mofijur, PS Kumar, SF Ahmed, A Inayat… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgal biomass has been proved to be a sustainable source for biofuels including bio-
oil, biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethane, etc. One of the collateral benefits of integrating the …

Potential utilization of bioproducts from microalgae for the quality enhancement of natural products

DYY Tang, KS Khoo, KW Chew, Y Tao, SH Ho… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae are autotroph organisms that utilise light energy to synthesize various high-value
bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, proteins and lipids. Due to its fast growth …

Trends in microalgae incorporation into innovative food products with potential health benefits

MP Caporgno, A Mathys - Frontiers in nutrition, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microalgae have demonstrated potential to meet the population's need for a more
sustainable food supply, specifically with respect to protein demand. These promising …

Spirulina for the food and functional food industries

T Lafarga, JM Fernández-Sevilla… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Humans are no strangers to the consumption of microalgae as already in the sixteenth
century Spirulina was harvested from Lake Texcoco and consumed in markets in …

Potential industrial applications and commercialization of microalgae in the functional food and feed industries: A short review

F Camacho, A Macedo, F Malcata - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bioactive compounds, eg, protein, polyunsaturated fatty acids, carotenoids, vitamins and
minerals, found in commercial form of microalgal biomass (eg, powder, flour, liquid, oil …

Microalgae: Bioactive composition, health benefits, safety and prospects as potential high-value ingredients for the functional food industry

J Ampofo, L Abbey - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Global population is estimated to reach about 9.22 billion by 2075. The increasing
knowledge on the relationship between food biochemistry and positive health gives an …

Digestibility, bioaccessibility and bioactivity of compounds from algae

M Demarco, JO de Moraes, ÂP Matos… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Algae are aquatic organisms rich in several biocompounds, and major ones are
proteins and amino acids, carbohydrates and polysaccharides, lipids and fatty acids …

Microalgae proteins: Production, separation, isolation, quantification, and application in food and feed

ML Amorim, J Soares, JSR Coimbra… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Many countries have been experienced an increase in protein consumption due to the
population growth and adoption of protein-rich dietaries. Unfortunately, conventional-based …