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 …

The potentials and challenges of using microalgae as an ingredient to produce meat analogues

Y Fu, T Chen, SHY Chen, B Liu, P Sun, H Sun… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Backgroud Recently, meat analogues have been introduced as a healthier and more
sustainable alternative to alleviate or even overcome the increasing demand of meat …

Microalgal and cyanobacterial cultivation: The supply of nutrients

G Markou, D Vandamme, K Muylaert - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are a promising new source of biomass that may complement
agricultural crops to meet the increasing global demand for food, feed, biofuels and …

Microalgae Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): An emerging sustainable bioprocess for reduced CO2 emission and biofuel production

YY Choi, AK Patel, ME Hong, WS Chang… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
CO 2 is main contributor of global warming crisis. Among various existing carbon-capture
technologies, microalgae based biological carbon-capture is one of the promising less …

Cultivation and downstream processing of microalgae and cyanobacteria to generate protein-based technofunctional food ingredients

L Grossmann, J Hinrichs, J Weiss - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Microalgae are unicellular microorganisms that can be rich in proteins and are therefore a
valuable ingredient in different foods. So far microalgae are mainly utilized in foods in low …

Anaerobic digestion of microalgal biomass: challenges, opportunities and research needs

C Gonzalez-Fernandez, B Sialve… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
Integration of anaerobic digestion (AD) with microalgae processes has become a key topic
to support economic and environmental development of this resource. Compared with other …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical Composition, Bioactivities, and Applications of Spirulina (Limnospira platensis) in Food, Feed, and Medicine

MP Spínola, AR Mendes, JAM Prates - Foods, 2024 - mdpi.com
Spirulina (Limnospira platensis) is a microalga recognised for its rich nutritional composition
and diverse bioactive compounds, making it a valuable functional food, feed, and …

An integrated approach of algae-bacteria mediated treatment of industries generated wastewater: Optimal recycling of water and safe way of resource recovery

R Dhanker, K Khatana, K Verma, A Singh… - Biocatalysis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current global context marked by a growing population and rapid urbanization, there
are pressing challenges related to shrinking arable land and the effective management of an …

Production of polymers by cyanobacteria grown in wastewater: Current status, challenges and future perspectives

DM Arias, J García, E Uggetti - New biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic oxygenic phototrophs receiving attention in a wide variety of
technological applications such as food and feed supplements and production of valuable …

Automation of pilot-scale open raceway pond: A case study of CO2-fed pH control on Spirulina biomass, protein and phycocyanin production

J Mehar, A Shekh, MU Nethravathy, R Sarada… - Journal of CO2 …, 2019 - Elsevier
Spirulina is known to produce high protein and phycocyanin of commercial importance with
concomitant CO 2 utilisation. The pH is one of the most important factors for cell growth, CO …