This species of red algae was found near Monterey, California. (Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS)
(CN) In keeping with the European Union’s narrow definition of what foods can be labeled as organic, Europe’s highest court on Thursday found calcium sourced from marine algae needs to be classified as a mineral and therefore cannot be added to organic soy and rice drinks.
The European Court of Justice’s ruling is a blow to makers of plant-based drinks that often use calcium-rich algae to sell their products as rich in calcium and providing similar benefits to dairy milk.
The ruling came against Natumi, a German organic food company whose soy and rice drinks contain calcium derived from Lithothamnium calcareum, a red coral seaweed made up mostly of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. Natumi adds ground dry algae powder to its drinks.
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Wildfire, Landslides Threaten California’s Endangered Black Abalone In the wake of a record-breaking wildfire season and an intensifying rainy season, debris flows wreak havoc on Big Sur s rocky intertidal habitats. Anne Marshall-Chalmers
February 22, 2021
In late January, a heavy rainstorm soaked the Big Sur coast, a place recently scarred by California’s worst fire season on record. As the water washed over charred soil, it picked up debris. Rocks and boulders formed what looked like a bulky head, a tail of murky water the consistency of wet cement following behind. Upon reaching the shore, several of these slides, known as “debris flows,” rushed into rocky intertidal habitats.