Seaweed blend

Irish Moss

Seaweed as supplement.

Traditional, Seaweed was used in the past to speed-up the fermentation

process and adds additional nutrients to the product. When a yeast cell

is well fed and happy, it reproduces. The way in which it does this is

dividing, pop! New yeast cells are formed a process called budding.

For this it requires energy and nutrients,  minerals, protein and other

chemicals/nutrients in concentrated form/shape. If properly dried, it can

be kept for years at room temperature.

“Fining” is the name given to the clarification phase in wine.

Basically, wine is supposed to be very clear, and without any suspended

particles. They sometimes add Irish Moss that attracts the solids and

suspending proteins. The polysaccharides contained are electrochemical

charged and will attract the negatively charged particles like tannin.

From here it is only a small step to increase the amounts of seaweed

added, but now to increase the amount and number of nutrients present

in the drink.