Here you find a list of some Novel Food Priorities and their respective documented references.
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Saccorhiza polyschides
Calado, R.M. Macrobiótica Como e Porquê; Verde, Ed. Grafitécnica: Lisboa, Portugal, 1976.
Oliveira, J.C. Utilisation of macro-algae as vegetables and food additives in Portugal. Instituto Nacional de Investigação das Pescas: Lisboa, Portugal, 1992; p. 7.
Ministério da Marinha Portaria n o 22.559. Diário da República: Lisbon, Portugal, 1967, 264.
Viana, C.E. Argaço; AO NORTE: Portugal, 2012. Available online: http://www.ao-norte.com/argaco.php (accessed on Mar 1, 2022).
Drennan, F. Seaweed Bushcraft guide: Seaweed in Season. Bushcr. J. 2016.
Sargassum fusiforme
(Provida) Provida, Portugal. Available online: https://www.provida.pt/produtos/#!/pesquisa/alga/?search=prods&query=alga (accessed on Feb 19, 2021).
Oliveira, J. 1o Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990. - European Comission EU Novel Food Catalogue. Available online: https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue/search/public/index.cfm (accessed on 1 March 2022).
Scenedesmus vacuolatus
CEVA Edible Seaweed and Microalgae—Regulatory Status in France and Europe. 2019 update; CEVA: Pleubian, France, 2019.
Scytosiphon lomentaria
Zemke-White, W.L.; Ohno, M. World seaweed utilisation: An end-of-century summary. J. Appl. Phycol. 1999, 11, 369–376, doi:10.1023/A:1008197610793.
Ulkenia sp.
Ulva intestinalis
Pereira, L. Edible Seaweeds of the World; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2016; ISBN 9780429154041.
Williams, M. Edible Seaweed Foraging – Galloway Wild Foods, Ireland. Available online: https://gallowaywildfoods.com/category/edible-wild-seaweeds/ (accessed on Feb 11, 2021).
Neto, A.I.; Tittley, I.; Raposeiro, P.M. Flora Marinha do Litoral dos Açores = Rocky Shore Marine Flora of the Azores; Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar: Horta, Portugal, 2005.
(Expolab Centro Ciência Viva) Workshop “Alimentação do Oceano: algas como fonte alternativa de proteína” Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=wvMHcSjKHPc&ab_channel=ExpolabCentroCiênciaViva (accessed on Feb 1, 2021).
Matos, S. Designing Food Cultures: Propagating the Consumption of Seaweed in the Azores Islands Through Recipes. Iridescent 2012, 2, 24–33, doi:10.1080/19235003.2012.11428512.
Lahaye, M.; Gomez-Pinchetti, J.-L.; del Rio, M.J.; Garcia-Reina, G. Natural decoloration, composition and increase in dietary fibre content of an edible marine algae, Ulva rigida (Chlorophyta), grown under different nitrogen conditions. J. Sci. Food Agric. 1995, 68, 99–104, doi:10.1002/jsfa.2740680116
Ulva lactuca
Rahikainen, M.; Yang, B. Macroalgae as food and feed ingredients in the Baltic Sea region – regulation by the European Union. 2020, 1–20. Available online: https://www.submarinernetwork.eu/images/grass/GRASS_O3.4a_EU_regulation_of_seaweed_food_and_feed.pdf (Feb 19, 2021).
Oliveira, J. 1o Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990.
Johnston, H. The Biological and Economic Importance of Algae, Part 2. Tuatara 1966, 14, 4–6.
Chapman, V.J.; Chapman, D.J. Seaweeds and their Uses; Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 1980; ISBN 978-94-009- 5808-1.
Ulva rigida
Sautier, C.; Trémolières, J.; Billion, J.; Flament, C.; Poivre, R. Valeur alimentaire des algues spirulines chez l’homme. Ann. Nutr. Aliment. 1975, 29, 517–534.
Lahaye, M.; Gomez-Pinchetti, J.-L.; del Rio, M.J.; Garcia-Reina, G. Natural decoloration, composition and increase in dietary fibre content of an edible marine algae, Ulva rigida (Chlorophyta), grown under different nitrogen conditions. J. Sci. Food Agric. 1995, 68, 99–104, doi:10.1002/jsfa.2740680116.
Undaria pinnatifida
European Comission EU Novel Food Catalogue. Available online: https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue/search/public/index.cfm (accessed on 1 March 2022)
Ahnfeltiopsis sp; Gelidium sp; Gelidiella sp; Gracilaria sp; Pterocladiella sp; Pterocladia sp.
Ministério da Marinha Portaria no 22.559. Diário da República: Lisbon, Portugal, 1967, 264.
Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Estatísticas da Pesca Continente e Ilhas Adjacentes. Junta Nac. Fom. Pescas 1973, 26–36.
Melo, RA. Gelidium commercial exploitation: Natural resources and cultivation. J. Appl. Phycol. 1998, 10, 303– 314.
D’Oliveira, M. de L. Sobre a utilização de algumas algas marinhas da nossa costa. Brotéria - Ciências Nat. 1947, 77–82.
Ahnfeltia plicata
Alaria esculenta
Rhatigan, P. Prannie Rhatigan’s Irish Seaweed Christmas Kitchen: Christmastide by the Coast; Inishmurray Ink Publishing, 2018; ISBN 1916493602.
European Comission EU Novel Food Catalogue. Available online: https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue/search/public/index.cfm (accessed on 1 March 2022).
Alaria pylaiei
Pereira, L. Edible Seaweeds of the World; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2016; ISBN 9780429154041. - Hallsson, S. The uses of seaweeds in iceland. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Seaweed Symposium, Biarritz, France, 18–24 September 1961.
Arthrospira fusiformis
Arthrospira sp.
CEVA Edible Seaweed and Microalgae—Regulatory Status in France and Europe. 2019 update; CEVA: Pleubian, France, 2019
(CBI) The European market potential for edible seaweed. Available online: https://www.cbi.eu/marketinformation/natural-ingredients-health-products/seaweed/market-potential (accessed on Apr 10, 2021).
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bryopsis plumosa
Chaetomorpha linum
Chondrus sp
Dictyopteris polypodioides
Ectocarpus siliculosus
Eucheuma horridum
Dos Santos Fernandes De Araujo, R.; Peteiro, C. Algae as Food and Food Supplements in Europe; Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg, 2021; ISBN 978-92-76-40548-1.
Fucus ceranoides
Drennan, F. Seaweed Bushcraft guide: Seaweed in Season. Bushcr. J. 2016
Gelidium amansii
Gelidium spinosum
Grateloupia spp.
Oliveira, J. 1o Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990
Kallymenia reniformis
Laurencia spp.
Patarra, R.F.; Paiva, L.; Neto, A.I.; Lima, E.; Baptista, J. Nutritional value of selected macroalgae. J. Appl. Phycol. 2011, 23, 205–208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-010-9556-0.
Patarra, A.R.F. Culture Studies of Economically Important Seaweeds; University of Azores: Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2018.
Palminha, F. As algas marinhas nos costumes faialenses 1958, 113–116.
Pateira, M.L. Algas - Recursos e Investigação em Portugal.; 1992.
Limnospira indica
Mastocarpus spp.
Monostroma nitidum
Neoporphyra perforata
Osmundea spp
Petalonia fascia
- Drennan, F. Seaweed Bushcraft guide: Seaweed in Season. Bushcr. J. 2016.
Porphyra umbilicalis
Oliveira, J. 1º Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990.
CEVA Réglementation algues alimentaires Synthèse CEVA au 10 / 02 / 2014. 2014, 3.
MacLean, R. Eat Your Greens: An Examination of the Potential Diet Available in Ireland during the Mesolithic. Ulster J. Archaeol. 1993, 56, 1–8.
Saccorhiza sp.
Ministério da Marinha Portaria no 22.559. Diário da República: Lisbon, Portugal, 1967, 264
Sargassum muticum
Hairon, D. Edible seaweeds in Jersey. Available online: https://jerseywalkadventures.co.uk/press-office/edibleseaweeds-in-jersey/ (accessed on Feb 17, 2021).
Rodrigues, D.; Freitas, A.C.; Pereira, L.; Rocha-Santos, T.A.P.; Vasconcelos, M.W.; Roriz, M.; Rodríguez-Alcalá, L.M.; Gomes, A.M.P.; Duarte, A.C. Chemical composition of red, brown and green macroalgae from Buarcos bay in Central West Coast of Portugal. Food Chem. 2015, 183, 197–207, doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.03.057.
Scenedesmus quadricauda
Kondrat’ev, I.I.; Bychkov, V.P.; Ushakov, A.S.; Boĭko, N.N.; Kliushkina, N.S.; Abaturova, E.A.; Terpilovskiĭ, A.M.; Korneeva, N.A.; Beliakova, M.I.; Kasatkina, A.G. The aus der Alge Dunaliella of dried biomass of unicellular algae in human food rations. Vopr. Pitan. 1966, 25, 9–14.
Kondrat’ev, I.I.; Bychkov, V.P.; Ushakov, A.S.; Boĭko, N.N.; Kliushkina, N.S.; Abaturova, E.A.; Terpilovskiĭ, A.M.; Korneeva, N.W.; Beliakova, M.I.; Vorob’eva, E.S.; et al. The use of 150 g dry blomass of unicellular algae in human diet. Vopr. Pitan. 1966, 25, 14–19.
Schizymenia dubyi
Oliveira, J. 1 o Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990.
Tetradesmus obliquus
Pérez-Lloréns, J.L. Microalgae: From staple foodstuff to avant-garde cuisine. Int. J. Gastron. Food Sci. 2020, 21, 100221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgfs.2020.100221.
EuropeanCommissionCommissionDecision2009/778/ECconcerningtheextensionofusesofalgaloilfromthemicroalgaeSchizochytriumsp.asanovelfoodingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Off. J. Eur. Union 2009, L 278, 56–57.
Dunaliella salina
Aphanizomenon
Arthrospira major
Arthrospira platensis
Ascophyllum nodosum
Asparagopsis sp.
Chlorella pyrenoidosa
CEVA Edible Seaweed and Microalgae—Regulatory Status in France and Europe. 2019 update; CEVA: Pleubian, France, 2019. - European Comission EU Novel Food Catalogue. Available online: https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue/search/public/index.cfm (accessed on 1 March 2022).
Chlorella sp
Pokrovskaia, Y.E.I.; Tereshchenko, A.P.; Volynets, V.M. Effect of a Vegetable Diet Including a Biomass of Unicellular Algae on the Excretion and Balance of Mineral Elements (Vegetable Diet, Including 210 g of Dry Chlorella Biomass, Decreases Effect on Calcium and Magnesium Assimilation to Produce Insignificant. Kosm. Biol. I Meditsina 1968, 2, 78–81.
Black, W.A.P. Seaweeds and their value in foodstuffs. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 1953, 12, 32–39, doi:10.1079/PNS19530010.
Chlorella vulgaris
Chondracanthus acicularis
Chondracanthus teedei
Cappellani, S. Il Mauru Ossia Alghe Rosse Commestibili Nella Sicilia Centro-Orientale; CITEM: Metro Manila, Philippines, 1960.
Chondrus crispus
Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Estatísticas da Pesca Continente e Ilhas Adjacentes. Junta Nac. Fom. Pescas 1973, 26–36. - Viana, C.E. Argaço; AO NORTE: Portugal, 2012. Available online: http://www.ao-norte.com/argaco.php (accessed on Mar 1, 2022).
Dickens, C.; Robertson, J.; Dickens, C. The Purple Shore. Househ. Words 1856, XIV, 391–395.
García Tasende, M.; Peteiro, C. Explotación de las macroalgas marinas: Galicia como caso de estudio hacia una gestión sostenible de los recursos. Ambienta 2015, 111, 116– 132.
Chorda filum
Coccotylus truncatus
Weinberger, F.; Paalme, T.; Wikström, S.A. Seaweed resources of the Baltic Sea, Kattegat and German and Danish North Sea coasts. Bot. Mar. 2020, 63, 61–72, doi:10.1515/bot- 2019-0019
Codium fragile
Codium spp.
Codium tomentosum
Dilsea carnosa
-CEVA Edible Seaweed and Microalgae—Regulatory Status in France and Europe. 2019 update; CEVA: Pleubian, France, 2019.
Durvillaea antarctica
Eisenia bicyclis
CEVA Edible Seaweed and Microalgae—Regulatory Status in France and Europe. 2019 update; CEVA: Pleubian, France, 2019. - Rahikainen, M.; Yang, B. Macroalgae as food and feed ingredients in the Baltic Sea region – regulation by the European Union. 2020, 1–20. Available online: https://www.submarinernetwork.eu/images/grass/GRASS_O3.4a_EU_regulation_of_seaweed_food_and_feed.pdf (Feb 19, 2021).
(Provida) Provida, Portugal. Available online:https://www.provida.pt/produtos/#!/pesquisa/alga/?search=prods&query=alga (accessed on Feb 19, 2021).
Enteromorpha sp.
Drennan, F. Seaweed Bushcraft guide: Seaweed in Season. Bushcr. J. 2016. - Oliveira, J. 1o Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990.
Erythroglossum laciniatum
Eucheuma denticulatum
Eucheuma spp.
Pereira, J. A Treatise on Food and Diet with Observation on the Dietetic Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs.; Fowler & Wells Publisher: New York, 1843; ISBN 1247549038.
Fucus serratus
Fucus spiralis
Viana, C.E. Argaço; AO NORTE: Portugal, 2012. Available online: http://www.ao-norte.com/argaco.php(accessed on Mar 1, 2022).
Sousa-Pinto, I. The Seaweed Resources of Portugal. In Seaweed Resources of the world; 1998; pp. 176–184.
Patarra, R.F.; Buschmann, A.H.; Abreu, M.H.; Neto, A.I. Cultivo de macroalgas nos Açores... Oportunidades e desafios. In Boletim de Biotecnologia; Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia, 2014; Vol. 2.
Fralick, R.A. Algas agarófitas. In Exposição Oral Sobre Desenvolvimento das Algas nos Açores; Presidência do Governo, Departamento Regional de Estudos e Planeamento, Região Autónoma dos Açores: Horta, Portugal, 1980.
Fucus spp.
Fucus vesiculosus
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Weinberger, F.; Paalme, T.; Wikström, S.A. Seaweed resources of the Baltic Sea, Kattegat and German and Danish North Sea coasts. Bot. Mar. 2020, 63, 61–72, doi:10.1515/bot- 2019-0019.
Gelidiaceae spp.
D’Oliveira, M. de L. Sobre a utilização de algumas algas marinhas da nossa costa. Brotéria- Ciências Nat. 1947, 77–82.
Patarra, R.F.; Buschmann, A.H.; Abreu, M.H.; Neto, A.I. Cultivo de macroalgas nos Açores... Oportunidades e desafios. In Boletim de Biotecnologia; Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia, 2014; Vol. 2. - Fralick, R.A. Algas agarófitas. In Exposição Oral Sobre Desenvolvimento das Algas nos Açores; Presidência do Governo, Departamento Regional de Estudos e Planeamento, Região Autónoma dos Açores: Horta, Portugal, 1980.
Fralick, R.A.; Baldwin, H.P.; Neto, A.I.; Hehre, E.J. Physiological responses of Pterocladia and Gelidium (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) from the Azores, Portugal. Hydrobiologia 1990, 204–205, 479–482, doi:10.1007/BF00040274.
Fralick, R. Algas agarófitas nos Açores. Relatório Final (R/5/77); Açores, Portugal, 1977;
Gelidiella acerosa
Gelidium corneum
Gelidium microdon
Gigartina pistillata
Abreu, H. Exploração de macroalgas: regulamentação; Aveiro, Portugal, 2014;
Gigartinaceae spp
Oliveira, J. 1o Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990.- García.
Tasende, M.; Peteiro, C. Explotación de las macroalgas marinas: Galicia como caso de estudio hacia una gestión sostenible de los recursos. Ambienta 2015, 111, 116–132.
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
Gracilaria gracilis
Gracilariaceae spp.
Oliveira, J. 1o Encontro Nacional sobre Macroalgas Marinhas. LNETI INIP: Lisbon, Portugal, 1990. - García.
Abreu, H. Exploração de macroalgas: regulamentação; Aveiro, Portugal, 2014.
Gracilariopsis longissima
Dos Santos Fernandes De Araujo, R.; Peteiro, C. Algae as Food and Food Supplements in Europe; Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg, 2021; ISBN 978-92-76-40548-I.
Graesiella emersonii
Grateloupia proteus
- Lentini, F.; Venza, F. Wild food plants of popular use in Sicily. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 2007, 3, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-3-15.
Haematococcus lacustris
Niccolai, A.; Chini Zittelli, G.; Rodolfi, L.; Biondi, N.; Tredici, M.R. Microalgae of interest as food source: Biochemical composition and digestibility. Algal Res. 2019, 42, 101617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101617.
Himanthalia elongata
Jaagichlorella luteoviridis
Laminaria digitata
Laminaria hyperborea
Hallsson, S. The uses of seaweeds in iceland. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Seaweed Symposium, Biarritz, France, 18–24 September 1961.
Laminaria ochroleuca
Araújo, R.; Vázquez Calderón, F.; Sánchez López, J.; Azevedo, I.C.; Bruhn, A.; Fluch, S.; Garcia Tasende, M.; Ghaderiardakani, F.; Ilmjärv, T.; Laurans, M.; et al. Current Status of the Algae Production Industry in Europe: An Emerging Sector of the Blue Bioeconomy. Front. Mar. Sci. 2021, 7, 626389. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.626389.
Varatojo, F. Alimentação Macrobiótica Padrão Available online: https://www.institutomacrobiotico.com/ptpt/imp/artigos/alimentacao-macrobiotica-padrao (accessed on Mar 1, 2021).
Loja das Algas, Portugal. Available online: https://www.lojadasalgas.pt/ (accessed on Feb 6, 2021).
Laminaria spp.
Laurencia viridis
Limnospira maxima
MySuperfoods Marine Phytoplankton Powder (100 Grams), MySuperFoods, Purest Food on Earth, Cultivated from The Deep Sea, Rich in Micronutrients, Add to Juices, Smoothies, Shakes. Available online: https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/dp/B00M8F6QP8/ref=pd_sim_1?pd_rd_w=EerIM&pf_rd_p=14f79929-97cc-4510-b8a0- 227891619eb7&pf_rd_r=9S9VQF5ZAYZ3WM8PEAMT&pd_rd_r=279be38e-7370-43d3-af05-3d08ddf36662&pd_rd_wg=ARZAK&pd_rd_i=B00M8F6QP8&psc=1 (accessed on 27 April 2021).
Macrocystis pyrifera
Mastocarpus papillatus
Mastocarpus stellatus
Black, W.A.P. Seaweeds and their value in foodstuffs. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 1953, 12, 32–39, doi:10.1079/PNS19530010 - Zemke-White, W.L.; Ohno, M. World seaweed utilisation: An end-of-century summary. J. Appl. Phycol. 1999, 11, 369–376, doi:10.1023/A:1008197610793.
García Tasende, M.; Peteiro, C. Explotación de las macroalgas marinas: Galicia como caso de estudio hacia una gestión sostenible de los recursos. Ambienta 2015, 111, 116–132.
Nemalion elminthoides
Lentini, F.; Venza, F. Wild food plants of popular use in Sicily. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 2007, 3, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-3-15.
Neopyropia leucosticta
Neopyropia tenera
Neopyropia yezoensis
Osmundea pinnatifida
Alga SeaExpert, Portugal. Available online: https://seaexpert-azores.com/ (accessed on Feb 17, 2021).
Milinovic, J.; Campos, B.; Mata, P.; Diniz, M.; Noronha, J.P. Umami free amino acids in edible green, red, and brown seaweeds from the Portuguese seashore. J. Appl. Phycol. 2020, 32, 3331–3339, doi:10.1007/s10811-020- 021692. - El Bulli) El Bulli Restaurant menu (2006-2009) Available online: http://www.elbulli.com/catalogo/catalogo/index.php?lang=en (accessed on Feb 7, 2021).
Denis, C.; Morançais, M.; Li, M.; Deniaud, E.; Gaudin, P.; Wielgosz-Collin, G.; Barnathan, G.; Jaouen, P.; Fleurence, J. Study of the chemical composition of edible red macroalgae Grateloupia turuturu from Brittany (France). Food Chem. 2010, 119, 913–917, doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.07.047.
Neves, B.; Real, H.; Carvalho, T. Algas a gosto: considerações nutricionais e de saúde; Craveiro, C., Ed.; Multitema: Porto, Portugal, 2019; ISBN 978-989-8631-41-1. Rey,F.;Cartaxana,P.;Melo,T.;Calado,R.;Pereira,R.;Abreu,H.;Domingues,P.;Cruz,S.;Domingues,M.R.Domesticated PopulationsofCodiumtomentosumDisplayLipid
Extracts with Lower Seasonal Shifts than Conspecifics from the Wild—Relevance for Biotechnological Applications of this Green Seaweed. Mar. Drugs 2020, 18, 188, doi:10.3390/md18040188
Padina pavonica
Palmaria palmata
Pelvetia canaliculata
Drennan, F. Seaweed Bushcraft guide: Seaweed in Season. Bushcr. J 2016.
Phymatolithon calcareum
CEVA Réglementation algues alimentaires Synthèse CEVA au 10 / 02 / 2014. 2014, 3
Porphyra dioica
Porphyra linearis
Porphyra purpurea
Porphyra spp.
Patarra, A.R.F. Fatty Acids of Selected Azorean Seaweeds. Pesquisa de Ácidos Gordos em Macroalgas Marinhas do litoral dos Açores. Master thesis on Sea Sciences – Marine Resources, specialization in Marine Biology, University of Porto, Portugal, 2008.
Pterocladiella capillacea
Fink, H.; Herold, E. Über den Biologischen Wert der Einzelligen Grünalge Scenedesmus Obliquus—Frisch Und Verschieden Getrocknet—Und Ihre Diätetischen Und Therapeutischen Eigenschaften; Schlie, I., Ed.; VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: Wiesbaden, Germany, 1963; ISBN 978-3-663-06425-1.
Pterocladiella sp.
Saccharina japonica
Saccharina latissima
Saccharina longicruris
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