There are many ways we could all help combat climate changes by making small changes to our daily lives.
Diet is important because eating plant based foods has been shown to be better than a meat based diet for it’s effect on climate change. But should we be looking for more original solutions?
How eating algae can help combat climate change
On first glance you may think sweets that glow are radioactive. However they are just made with algae which makes them glow under the UV light.
Micro algae powder is colorful, healthy and climate friendly and capable of turning ordinary pastries into bite-sized allies in the fight against climate change.
Whether it’s white bread doughnuts or cupcakes Ludovic Jacquard bakes it with algae powder.
Before offering his first algae products to customers the French-born baker had experimented for 19 months.
The freshwater algae Chlorella Sorokinana colors this dough green. Other types of algae provide a blue or reddish coloration.
The algae powder is produced in the technical university close to Munich.
Microalgae have been cultivated and researched at the technical university of Munich for almost a decade.
The baker keeps inventing new algae recipes. For example an algae Easter cake. The taste of algae powder is reminiscent of the ground green tea known as matcha.
Nutritional benefits of eating algae
- Algae contains vitamins, unsaturated fatty acids and other healthy properties.
- They have higher photosynthetic activity two to three four times more than any land plant.
- They can grow 10 times faster as any land plant that’s why they can bind huge amounts of significant amounts of carbon dioxide in short time.
- When algae grow they absorb co2 from the air which is good for combating climate change.
- They grow much faster than corn or soy for example, so they also consume more greenhouse gases.
Simply put the more algae we eat the better it is for the climate.
When a creative pastry chef joins forces with engaged scientists it demonstrates novel ways to help address climate change in a tasty and nutritious way.
There is no reason to think this only relates to cakes and pastries. We could make much more food from algae.
If we are going to combat climate change then changing our diets is one way forward.
