The most popular seaweed species include Japanese kelp, Eucheuma seaweed ... Seaweed can be traded in raw and processed forms, with processed varieties including hydrocolloids like carrageenan ...

The most popular seaweed species include Japanese kelp, Eucheuma seaweed ... Seaweed can be traded in raw and processed forms, with processed varieties including hydrocolloids like carrageenan ...

Prices are up, along with prospects for Eucheuma seaweed ... the world’s second-biggest contributor, after China. Seaweed can be processed to make food containers — biodegradable, edible ...

The warming seas encourage the growth of a bacteria that attacks the commercially valuable Eucheuma cottonii species of seaweed. To avoid this, farmers are harvesting their crops earlier ...

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has collaborated with local food manufacturer YGC Group to produce a drink made from eucheuma, a type of seaweed commonly found on South-east Asian seabeds.

Eucheuma is a fast-growing, low-cost crop exported primarily by the Philippines and China. It is low in calories and high in dietary fibre, antioxidants, and minerals such as calcium and potassium.