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Food and feed from microalgae: A historical perspective to future directions
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The microalgae-based food industry faces structural and economic challenges including high production costs, limited scalability of photobioreactors, variability in biomass composition depending on strain and cultivation conditions, and need for harmonized regulatory frameworks across regions.
“Some of these challenges include high production costs in the cultivation and processing stages, the limited scalability of cultivation systems such as photobioreactors, the variability in biomass composition that largely depends on the strain and cultivation conditions, and the need for the implementation of harmonized regulatory frameworks across regions (Jacob-Lopes and Zepka, 2023; Kathuria et”
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Several microalgae species are validated and have GRAS status or equivalent, while another six species-including Haematococcus pluvialis, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Dunaliella sp., Nannochloropsis sp., Nitzschia sp., and Schizochytrium sp.-are considered safe, without reports of toxins contained.
“cruentum, and Crypthecodinium cohnii are validated and have GRAS status or equivalent, while another six species–including Haematococcus pluvialis, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Dunaliella sp., Nannochloropsis sp., Nitzschia sp., and Schizochytrium sp. – are considered safe, without reports of toxins contained (Jacob-Lopes and Zepka, 2023).”
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- Authors
- Jacob-Lopes, E., & Zepka, L. Q.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (BR)
- ORCID
- Zepka, Leila Queiroz
- Venue
- Handbook of Food and Feed from Microalgae
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 3-7
- OpenAlex
- W4381955331
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4
- FWCI
- 5.83
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
- Keywords
- microalgae, microalgae feed, future perspectives
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