{"id":6673,"date":"2017-09-09T08:49:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T08:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=6673"},"modified":"2017-09-09T08:49:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T08:49:05","slug":"edible-innovations-these-spirulina-chocolates-are-helping-reduce-malnutrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/edible-innovations-these-spirulina-chocolates-are-helping-reduce-malnutrition.html","title":{"rendered":"Edible Innovations: These Spirulina Chocolates Are Helping Reduce Malnutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Algae Factory\u00a0produces chocolate with spirulina, a cyanobacteria with a high content of protein, vitamins, Omega 3 and 6, and essential amino acids. Spirulina has been nominated by FAO \u201cas a powerful tool to fight malnutrition\u201d due to its complete nutritional profile.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6674 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/algae-factory-chocolate-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/algae-factory-chocolate-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/algae-factory-chocolate-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The company produces and sells chocolate bars with spirulina flakes inside them. They can be eaten as an alternative to animal proteins and soy based products.<\/p>\n<p>After making the bars, the company\u00a0developed the #Bite4bite program and started working closely with\u00a0Antenna Technologies Foundation, a Swiss NGO that supports the development of algae farming in Africa in order to reduce malnutrition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/makezine.com\/2017\/08\/31\/edible-innovations-these-spirulina-chocolates-help-reduce-malnutrition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Algae Factory\u00a0produces chocolate with spirulina, a cyanobacteria with a high content of protein, vitamins, Omega 3 and 6, and essential amino acids. Spirulina has been nominated by FAO \u201cas a powerful tool to fight malnutrition\u201d due to its complete nutritional profile. The company produces and sells chocolate bars with spirulina flakes inside them. They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[254,546,618],"tags":[554,489],"class_list":["post-6673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algae-for-food","category-algae-non-fuel-products","category-innovations","tag-algae-products","tag-spirulina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6675,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673\/revisions\/6675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}