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Anyone for a pond scum smoothie? Packed with vitamins, protein and minerals, algae-flavoured products are set to take the health food market by storm... but the taste is awful!

    Foods made with the gunk that lies on the top of stagnant water – and once found mainly in commercial fish food – could be about to revolutionise what we eat. That’s because, remarkably, these unlikely food sources have higher protein levels than everyday products including chicken, beef and fish. (File image)
  • Farmed on ponds - mostly in Asia but also UK - algae is turned into powder, which manufacturers sprinkle into processed goods during production
  • Blue-green layer that forms on still water is made up mostly of two key materials –  plant bacteria called spirulina and algae called chlorella
  • Both grow quickly and easily, and have protein levels of up to 65 per cent.
  • Innocent Smoothies released algae-based drink containing pond scum bacteria
  • Aldi is marketing sweet potato soup sprinkled with algae to give a vitamin boost.
  • Daylimail

Coronavirus's deadliest day yet: 97 people are killed in 24 hours in China, bringing global death toll to 910, smashing hopes that disease control measures were working

The death toll in mainland China rose by 97 on Sunday, taking the number of global fatalities to 910. Daylimail