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From the kelp forest to the field, the kitchen and industry: research and development of products and processes.

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From kelp forest to farm field

We are developing a liquid biostimulant from Macrocystis pyrifera grown in the Los Lagos Region of Chile.

A seaweed biostimulant stimulates the plant’s natural processes: better growth, better use of nutrients and greater stress tolerance, thanks to the bioactive compounds in giant kelp.

Giant kelp Los Lagos Extract seaweed compounds Crop better stress response

What it does for the crop

  • Drought and water stress

    Helps sustain growth when water is short or irrigation is limited.

  • Heat

    Supports plant function under extreme temperatures and UV exposure.

  • Salinity

    Supports water uptake and growth in saline soils or irrigation water.

  • Nutrient use

    Improves uptake and transport of available nutrients: more return from applied fertilizer.

  • Living soil

    Stimulates beneficial microbes, nutrient cycling and soil organic matter.

  • Growth

    Boosts germination, root development and shoot formation.

  • Resilience

    Speeds recovery after a stress event and protects yield potential.

  • Yield and quality

    The outcome of a plant that works better and tolerates more stress.

Active compounds in giant kelp

  • Polysaccharides

    Alginates, fucoidan and laminarin: stimulate growth, nutrient uptake and stress tolerance.

  • Polyphenols

    Antioxidants that modulate plant defenses and regulate growth.

  • Phytohormone like compounds

    Zoospores germinate into microscopic male and female gametophytes that are kept free floating in culture medium, in a vegetative growth phase without reproduction.

  • Amino acids and minerals

    The sporophyte is the stage that grows into a plant several meters long. The first blades appear attached to the twine or grow rope and are tracked under the microscope until outplanting.

Biorefinery: the whole seaweed, in cascade

One harvest can yield several products. We research sequential extraction processes that use the entire biomass, from the soluble extract to biopolymers.

  1. 1

    Biostimulant

    First soluble fraction, obtained by osmotic shock and heat treatment.

  2. 2

    Fucoidan

    Sulfated polysaccharide with antioxidant, anti inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity.

  3. 3

    Alginate

    Gelling and thickening agent; the base for biopolymers, hydrogels and bioplastics.

  4. 4

    Residual fraction

    Soil amendments and new applications, so nothing goes to waste.

The optimization of this sequential extraction in Macrocystis pyrifera was published in ACS Omega (2026), with researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Product development

We take farmed kelp from the lab to the pilot and on to the market. We design publicly funded projects, work with universities and companies, scale up processes and assess the technical and economic feasibility of each product.

  • Animal feed

    Animal feed

    We develop feeds that include kelp for farmed animals, as a source of minerals, fiber and functional polysaccharides.

  • Seaweed meal

    Human food

    Meals and ingredients from farmed kelp for healthy foods, building on our drying, milling and nutritional characterization projects.

  • Seaweed paste

    Cosmetics

    A stabilized paste of farmed Macrocystis that keeps its native polysaccharide and polyphenol profile. We are preparing a shipment to Korea to evaluate it as a raw material for the cosmetics industry.

  • Research

    Bioplastics and biomaterials

    Kelp alginate is the basis for films, hydrogels and biodegradable bioplastics that can replace fossil based materials.

  • Biorefinery

    Extracts and bioactives

    Fucoidan, alginate and polyphenols obtained by sequential extraction, for applications in nutrition, health and personal care.

  • Biostimulant

    Agriculture

    Biostimulants and soil amendments from kelp, for crops that cope better with stress and for livelier soils.

Available for evaluation

Stabilized kelp paste

Macrocystis pyrifera farmed in the Los Lagos Region, chopped fresh and stabilized with natural ingredients. It keeps the native alginate, fucoidan and polyphenol profile of fresh biomass, as a raw material for extracts, cosmetics and biostimulants.

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Origin
Farmed, not wild-harvested. Single origin, traceable to harvest area and batch
Format
Stabilized wet paste, in food-grade drums or IBC totes
Alginate
About 23% of dry matter, mannuronic-rich
Quality
Heavy metals, microbiology and residues tested in an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory
Uses
Alginate and fucoidan extraction, cosmetic ingredient and agricultural biostimulant

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