Algae comes in many different edible varieties. Most are dried before they hit the shops, and must be soaked before they can be used in the kitchen. Photo: dpa/Lisette Kreischer/Umschau Verlag 2016
It's tasty, has kooky names like wakame and hijiki, and comes is varieties up to several metres long: it's algae, and it's sweeping the world.
"Demand has risen in recent years," confirms Antje Gahl from the German Society for Nutrition.
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