Algae-based Food Company Signs Manufacturing, Distribution Pact

A green technology food company has signed a manufacturing and distribution agreement with New Global Energy (Thermal, Calif.) to produce a protein bar containing the blue-green algae spirulina. International Sustainability Group, Inc. (Malvern, Pa.) has developed a portfolio of nutritional products based on spirulina and other healthy ingredients that deliver minerals, proteins, antioxidants, vitamins and omega-3s. The new protein bar will be called MoringaUP – the bar also contains leaves of the Moringa tree – to complement its other AlgaeUp products. According to ISG executives, the algae industry is considering focusing efforts and resources more toward the health and food industries.