Seafood Products & Safety

Fisheries & Aquaculture, Research, Seafood Products & Safety, Uncategorized, Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin Winter 2010

From Discovery to Market

Virginia Tech’s Zhiyou Wen is looking for a way to capitalize on a chance connection between the biodiesel industry and the demand for omega-3 fatty acids. Algae that grow on waste glycerol from biofuel production can turn that byproduct into omega-3s for use in a variety of foods and nutritional products.

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