Whether you’re cooking for someone you love, friends, or simply treating yourself, Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to make something a little more thoughtful and flavour led. From savoury comfort dishes to surprising sweet bakes, these seaweed inspired recipes bring depth, umami and a touch of the unexpected to the table. 1. Pink Pickled…
Seaweed is having a moment and for good reason. Long used as a daily food in coastal cultures around the world, seaweed is one of the most natural ways to add nourishment, flavour and minerals to everyday meals. So the question we hear most often is simple: can you eat seaweed every day? At Lofoten…
It’s that time of year again – January detox! Christmas is over, and many of us will be making drastic changes to our diets and lifestyles. Although January is a great time to be mindful about our food choices, the abundance of information can become overwhelming. Many companies claim to have the key ingredient that…
We often mention that seaweed is – amongst many other things – rich with umami flavour. In fact, we’ve even named one of our products after this contemporary, difficult to describe concept. But what actually is umami? Read on for our deep dive into the elusive fifth flavour! In 1908, Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese chemist,…
United by the seaweed revolution On Thursday last week we were lucky enough to receive a visit from a delegation from UN Global Compact. The group of four was enthusiastically led by senior advisor, author and fellow seaweed-lover, Vincent Doumeizel, who was promoting the publication of his latest book: La Révolution Des Algues – The…
Prehistoric brain food Millions of years ago, there was an event (or series of events) that allowed homo sapiens to diverge from the primitive hominid family tree and begin the evolutionary journey towards modern humanity. In terms of physical development, our brains have undergone the most dramatic change in the last two million years. The…