Seaweed Highlights
Seaweed Best Case: Plastic free packaging at scale
24/03/2026 - Conpax and Notpla have joined forces with Dutch snack chain Kwalitaria, which operates over 130 locations, to introduce a new generation of fully plastic free food packaging. By replacing the conventional plastic lining in cardboard containers with a seaweed based coating, Kwalitaria is taking a concrete step towards eliminating plastic from its fries and snack packaging.
How Snaqs brought seaweed snacks to European supermarkets
17/03/2026 - For Florus Zwartbol, the path into the seaweed sector did not begin on the coast or in a laboratory. It began in specialty food shops. Today Florus is the founder of Floor Foods, the company behind the snack brand Snaqs. The business produces vegetable crisps and seaweed snacks that are now sold across Europe and beyond. But before entering the world of food innovation, Florus spent two decades running fourteen specialty food shops across the Netherlands.
Offshore Test Site: From testing to real world deployment in the North Sea
13/03/2026 - We joined the Offshore Test Site event at Campus@Sea in Scheveningen, organised within the Offshore Proof project. The afternoon brought together innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs and policymakers working on marine renewable energy technologies that will shape the future of the North Sea.
B’ZEOS: Turning Seaweed into Scalable & Sustainable Packaging Solutions
06/03/2026 - For B’ZEOS, seaweed is not a niche material or a marketing story. It is a core strategic raw material with the potential to replace fossil-based plastics at industrial scale.
Sirputis: From Engineering Roots to Scalable Seaweed Solutions
18/02/2026 - For many seaweed initiatives, the greatest challenge is not ambition, biology, or market demand, it is the transition from promising pilot projects to reliable, industrial-scale operations. This is precisely where Sirputis positions itself.
Ancrée: Bringing everyone to the same table with seaweed caviar
16/02/2026 - For Ancrée, food is never just about replacing something. It is about creating a new experience that feels refined, inclusive and genuinely enjoyable. Founded in 2024 by sisters Emilie and Lucille Battafarano in the Paris region, Ancrée is a young, family-owned company producing plant-based caviar made from seaweed and chia seeds. What started as an exploration of clean-label condiments quickly evolved into a premium product that now finds its way onto fine dining plates, hotel welcome trays and delicatessen shelves.
Blue Harvest Technologies: from ropes and storms to scalable systems
10/02/2026 - When Nikolai started the project, seaweed was not the plan. His background is in economics and project development, and originally the project was about microalgae and the valuable substances they can produce. That direction changed when an investor based in Lofoten with a background in fish farming pointed out a different opportunity. Along the coast, large amounts of salmon farming infrastructure were reaching the end of their operational life. The question was simple but powerful: could those resources be reused to build something new in macroalgae?
Offshore Test Site Event – 10 March 2026
10/02/2026 - As a partner, the European Seaweed Association is pleased to highlight the upcoming Offshore Test Site Event, organised within the Offshore Proof programme.
Every day, for everyone, a little seaweed
06/02/2026 - Today is Seaweed Day (according to Japan), a perfect moment to highlight a Dutch initiative dedicated to making seaweed accessible to everyone: the Seaweed Guide.
ANDRITZ Gouda, Seaweed to Market at Scale: Integrated dewatering, extraction, evaporation, and dryin
05/02/2026 - ANDRITZ Gouda BV, part of the ANDRITZ Group, is a versatile manufacturer and supplier of processing equipment for the food, chemical, mining & mineral and environmental industry. The comprehensive product portfolio covers everything from standalone equipment to complete process solutions.