RED AND BROWN ALGAE

RED AlGAE

• Multicellular seaweeds
• Divers have found it 260 meters below ocean's surface
• Agar and carrageenan are extracted from red algae
• These are used in foods such as ice cream and products like hair conditioner
• Nutritional food in Asian culture (can be fried, dried, or toasted)

BROWN ALGAE

• Most of the time they are called seaweed
• They have brown,green,yellow,and orange pigments
• Plant like structures
• They have gas filled sacs called bladders that allow the algae to float upright in the ocean
• Some people eat brown algae
• Algins are extracted from brown algae and used as thickener in pudding and other foods

QUIZ

• Which algae is used in Asian cultures?
• How far has red algae been under water?
• What are bladders in brown algae?
• When you extract products from brown algae, what food does it help?
• Which algae is carrageenan and agar extracted from?

ANSWERS

• 1) Red Algae
• 2) 260 meters
• 3) Gas filled sacs that allow them to float in water
• 4) Pudding
• 5) Red algae