Is algae the food of the future? | Mission Ahead 

Turn it into a protein powder, and you have a winner. Most protein powders aren't complete proteins. But if algae is, it stands to reason that it can replace many of the soy-based protein powders on the market.

Algae Protein Chips..who wants to invest with me?..lol

I'm a little upset at the very limited use case they showed here, would be nice if they found more and better ways to use it than pills and cookies...

Vegans go insane seeing this video.

Lmao, they are standing on the food of the future so that means we have another kind of foot lettuce

Or we can let Thanos get all the infinity stones💀💀💀

Even if humans don't eat it it can still be used for livestock feed or other industrial products like amino acids, biodiesel

I'd give it a shot

So your telling me that someone looked at algae and said man that looks good to eat/drink...

This is what Monty dreamed of. #the100

Monty Green from the 100 would be proud

is the future the future of the future?

2:57 "They're eating her...and they're going to eat me....OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!"

Why i don’t see this on shelves yet?? Algae’s a super food!💪💪💪

I've been eating this (and products from blue-green algea) for over a decade now...since 2009 - still alive and kicking ;)

"Algae is the future" - RIP Monty Green

Great information! This addresses the concern of mine that affects everyone. I’ve watched Cowspiracy on Netflix, and it opened my eyes about the biggest environmental threat related to our food system. It’s a must watch!

As chef i would really take an initiative to introduce this into my menu

Aztecs where eating Spirulina grown from their lakes they lived on. It was a self sustaining city of the future, from the past.

I feel like a problem would be that while this could serve as a way to make food healthier, it’s not going to drive out larger types of agriculture/ food cultivation. People are still going to want their variety of different food options and the algae farms are just providing another variety to food ,not solving the issue of resource overuse. It’s also possible that this could ironically could end up contributing to the issue a small amount as well.

Soylent Green.

Well, if you follow protocol, edible varieties of seaweed (algae of the sea, in Spanish) can be like spinach, etc. People that are unwilling to eat it still need enough iodine for endocrine health (e.g. thyroid gland), so the U.S. government ensures that almost all table salts contain iodine.

honestly, I hope stuff like this does become everyday food, as the problem with livestock using so much of our resources (AND vegetables/fruits) has become such a huge problem

Being able to grow productively in ocean water is a big selling point. It would probably do very well in competition for desert growth real estate. The strain of Spirulina that I developed for norther growing in winter can grow in ocean water, and we use evaporated seawater as part of it's nutritional needs, but it doesn't do as well in ocean water as it does it fresh water. Of course, we can also fully recycle our water usage, and by covering the tanks we don't have losses due to evaporation. (Spirulina, btw, is a cyanobacteria. Not an algae. That gives it an advantage over algae, which cannot be fully digested without processing due to it's cellulose based cell walls. Another advantage is that algae cannot be legally grown in most US cities. It's also 65% protein, and likewise has all the nutrients humans need, except for Vitamin D)

It's a prototype for Monty's algae

Oh god float me now

I would eat it as some sort of veggie, not just supplement. I love wakame and hijiki seaweed salad, so I bet I would enjoy meals that include algae in a clever way. But as of now, it's expensive to get these things in middle Europe which is sad. It's the future that can't come soon enough.

girl:it tastes like a normal sugar cookie man: i have been in the food business for 20 years. haha

so since when has algae been considered a plant "crop"?

3:06 OMG REALLY!? NEVER KNEW THAT!!!

Mom: honey what do you want for dinner?! Son: mama i want some algae

3:04 that laugh lol

The only problem is making the Americans eat them😕

i hope they can get the price down to low enough to use as animal fodder, if they can get down lower than that, then other conventional farmlands can be diverted to human consumption crops, and they can still revolutionize the industry of animal fodder production. I can still eat my meat. and the world still gets more food total. i don't tink they're gonna succeed in getting ppl to eat algae as a normal thing.

Me and my friend are having a project about algae and we were surprised to know more about it...... We are 12 years old.....

Monty will love that algae farm

When will it be in grocery stores? What are the health benefits?

Well humans have been eating seaweeds and so on for generations so it's not a surprise. Also, hydroponics is a real technology we are researching towards.

*this exist* Other big food companies: "That's a no no so you gonna go go"

Just as long as someone(s) clean the algae in our ponds, rivers, lakes, oceans in the United States Makes this action quick meaning right now " we the people " do not want this floating any of our public waters Thank you very much

Just feed it to cattle lol

i hope not

Algeas are such wonderful Allrounders! From chair to salad, to powder and supplements - and clothings, too!

Yea that green goo looks very appealing to my taste

Looks like a nuclear test site😂

well... monty green says it is.

blue-green algea is the answer to almost all issues humanity has right now (it consumes CO2 and turns it into protein,nutrients,vitamins,minerals,fuels and plastics....it has mad skills)

Anyone else hear the distance screaming of "Soylent green is PEOPLE!!" xD

Wait did I hear the word aquifer? Thats not totally sustainable then And have a look at 3:40 with all that salt water corroding all the metal

mmm is the 100 starting?

East Asians have been eating algae for centuries, it is not a food of future it is actually happening right now. Nori, black paper like wrapping used in Californian rolls is just one type of many varieties of algae. Japanese, Koreans and Chinese are farming algae massively and we eat it almost every day. Yes it is not a staple like rice, but it is almost like a staple as a side dish.

They claim they are "farming" microalgae, seemingly at a largescale, yet their Omega 3 DHA and EPA supplements are double or quadruple the cost, per dose compared to Fish based supplements. which is really unfortunate for me as a vegan.

The 100 :D

Vegans: *OH MY LORD*

have they thought about vertical farming instead of using so many lands?

All that salt is rusting the tillers and metals around them is it safe to eat that much rust ?

In the movie Matrix people were also eating some goop outside the Matrix. This is scary...

Im very down 👍

Eatting seaweed everyday seem like a bad idea

The problem is the sodium content in the algae, since it cultivated in salt water.

Cant wait to have an All Gae Sandwich

It will be a supplement to our current food....IE real food will be for the rich Algae will be for everyone else. Crops and cattle will have reduce production after algae takes off for environmental reasons. Then it will become extremely expensive so no one but the rich can afford it. Forcing others to pay for algae at the same cost regular food is today. Even though they will in the beginning promote it being a cheap alternative especially for the poor.

That’s actually one of the more clean vegetables. Think about it. Potatoes are literally glops of plant we eat from the ground. We already eat bugs in some parts of the world, and I mean, considering all the pesticides and GMO we use this isn’t that bad.

I'm surprised the ponds aren't fully enclosed, considering the water is being recycled and is in the desert, and there is a chance of infection with wild types that produce bmaa

Yes but can we digest it?? If we could, humans would have been eating it since we were apes!!

Nah bro I ain’t eating shrek’s puke imma stick with Big Mac

Jusj Google iwi and you get a weapon industry😂

Thats good and all, but what happens to the farmers, and the labourers who make a living by farming. Where do they go if this replaces conventional farming? What happens to the rural towns? Where are the extra jobs in the cities? Algae farming is not an intensive process and would require fewer people to work.

ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING

How about going vegan? Easy and affordable..

1. algae Hotdogs 2. algae Burgers 3. algae Cola 4. algae Muffins 5. algae Fries 6. algae Everything that you can eat

i can accept it.....give it a flavour or MSG....Then it will be good

What happened to the business now? Why are the food not in the market yet?

Are they public, can i buy stocks? If so what is the stock name

Where can I buy thier stock?

thanos makes sense now,, and is this algae 'jilly juice'???

HOLY SHIT THIS IS LITERALLY WALL-E

It would be very cool to see no one starve in this world. It may not be the best tasting but I would choose algae over starving to death any day

I wouldn't mind eating algae, only if it's processed into snacks or chips.

god give me an algae mix mango juice, sounds good and amazing

If the world population grows by 38% why will it need a 70% increase in food? I don't think our waste factor would worsen, in fact I expect it to improve.

I’m so glad they put the algae into the cookies. Don’t think I would be able to stomach just the algae

ya know those water balls someone made before? why not do something like that, edible algae balls xD

Thanks monty for the algae

What about the safety of trying algae, is the sea water even filtered and treated, can the algae cause infections and weaken our immune system, what about the open platform of this algae farm; any dust or impurity can join in the food, i think this is not going to end up well.

Great video - thanks:)

So you gonna process that like seaweed sheets?

Post Apocalyptic seers: I'll take your entire stock

The thumbnail looks like something from Alien and she's like "Hell yea I'm gonna die"

Looks like something that Casey Neistat will drink on a daily basis.

isnt' Algae a byproduct of oxidation when there are organic microbes in the water i.e poop?

Algae bar sounds good !

“Mom can i have some algae nuggets?”

Use Pre-Flood environmental conditions and you can use just a fraction of the total land area. We have other technologies that were discovered in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. By combing them all together in a integrated system to produce a synergistic process we were able to mass produce edible food micro-algae by the hundreds of metric tons per day with just one unit inside a small warehouse.

Ahhhh...I get it, the food of the future is green tea...

Age of empire 2020 should add this kind of farming system as well

Maybe you can make algae into flour or maybe you can use it for coloring things such as pie crust pizza dough and more? Maybe you can even substitute it for spaghetti and meat sauce?!?

Interesting...

I've eaten algae and it doesn't taste bad.

at least water won't be a problem we have de salinization for that