Abincin da aka fi so na miliyoyin, samfurin da ya kutsa cikin kowane abinci daga salatin zuwa kayan zaki, ginshiƙi a cikin abincin masu cin nama da guba ga masu cin ganyayyaki. An sadaukar da bukukuwa da memes na Intanet a gare shi. Yana da game da naman alade. A duk faɗin duniya, yana da suna a matsayin samfurin zama dole kuma mai dadi, amma har ma tare da shi - oh farin ciki! - akwai tagwayen kayan lambu masu amfani.
Masana kimiyya a Jami'ar Jihar Oregon sun gano abin da suke da'awar naman alade ne. Kimanin shekaru 15 da suka gabata, Chris Langdon na Kwalejin Kifi da namun daji ya fara bincike kan jan algae. Sakamakon wannan aikin shine gano wani sabon nau'in algae mai cin nama, wanda, idan an soya ko kuma shan taba, yana dandana kama da naman alade. Wannan nau'in algae iri-iri yana girma da sauri fiye da sauran nau'ikan kuma yana iya zama muhimmin bangaren abinci mai gina jiki.
An samo shi a gabar Tekun Atlantika da Pasifik (mafi yawancin yankunan arewa, ciki har da Iceland, Kanada da wasu sassa na Ireland, inda aka yi amfani da su a matsayin abinci da magani tsawon shekaru aru-aru), wannan sabon algae da ake ci ya ƙunshi bitamin, ma'adanai da antioxidants waɗanda ke yin shi. ban mamaki lafiya. A tarihi, sun kasance tushen abinci na daji da magani na halitta don hana scurvy da cututtukan thyroid. Kamar yawancin algae, ana iya gasasshen algae na algae ko kyafaffen, kuma suna da kyau bushe. Menene ƙari, bayan bushewa, suna ɗauke da furotin 16%, wanda tabbas yana ƙara fa'idarsu wajen neman kayan lambu da naman ganyayyaki.
Da farko, jan algae ya kamata ya zama tushen abinci don katantanwar teku (irin wannan shine manufar binciken), amma bayan an gano karfin kasuwancin aikin, wasu kwararru sun fara shiga binciken Langdon.
"Red algae abinci ne mai yawa tare da darajar sinadirai sau biyu na Kale," in ji Chuck Toombs, mai magana da yawun Kwalejin Kasuwancin Jami'ar Oregon kuma daya daga cikin wadanda suka shiga Langdon yayin da aikin ke ci gaba. "Kuma godiya ga binciken jami'ar mu na algae mai cin gashin kansa, muna da damar yin tsalle-tsalle don fara sabuwar masana'antar Oregon."
Jajayen algae masu cin abinci da gaske na iya shafar tunanin yawancin: suna da lafiya, masu sauƙi da arha don samarwa, amfanin su an tabbatar da su a kimiyyance; kuma akwai fatan wata rana jajayen algae za su zama labulen da ke katangar kare bil'adama daga yawan kashe dabbobi.