Indigenous algae used as food in the Philippines
2006
Goss, M.R.M.
One of the early reports on the use of algae as food in the Philippines was in 1911 where about 11 marine algae or seaweeds were sighted being sold in Manila markets. To date, 95 years later, this number has almost grown 85 times more due to greater awareness and recognition of the names of the algae, and increased familiarity with the taste and nutritional value of the different species, whether of local or foreign origin. These food algae belong to four divisions: Cyanophyta (blue-green), 1, Rhodophyta (red algae), 43, Phaeophyta (true-brown algae), 11, and Chlorophyta (green algae), 41. The species are distributed mostly in marine habitat with about five brackish water species belonging to genus Entero morpha and one freshwater species (Nostoc commune). Popularity of algae foods is noted to be based on the abundance of the algae in that locality. Nutritive and chemical analyses of the algae are summarized. Methods of preparation as algal food, and their prices in local markets, are presented.
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