New technology to process extracts from seaweed could create around 40 jobs on South Uist.
The process turns fresh, wet seaweed from South Uist into dried sodium alginate as a food thickener in foods including ice-cream, olive oil spread and apple pie as well as in cosmetics.
…Full Text: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/201033-new-seaweed-technology-could-create-jobs-for-island-community/
Tags: pharmaceutical, textile, funding, laboratory-scale feasibility study
Source
stv News, 2012-11-16.
Supplier
Scottish Enterprise
University of Strathclyde
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