IODINE DEFICIENCY: 2 BILLION PEOPLE TO SUPPORT
Iodine is an essential element for living animals and the human diet but nowadays is hardly present in the Earth’s crust. Over hundreds of millions of years the iodine that was present has been leached out of the soil by floods and melted glaciers that carried it back to the sea which in turn has become progressively enriched with this element.
Algea, the Arctic Company
Algea collects and processes algae like Ascophyllum nodosum to make extracts and phytocomplexes for use in agriculture and animal feed.
In Norway, beyond the Arctic Circle, in one of the purest habitats in the world, we have been harvesting and processing Ascophyllum nodosum with great passion for over 80 years. We harvest Ascophyllum nodosum following a strict process to preserve its quality, with tools and technologies that are so advanced that they leave the environment completely unchanged
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Algea tells its own story through a spectacular video presentation that takes us to the extreme northern latitudes and introduces us to all of the innovations that, combined with a respect for nature, are at the heart of its history.
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