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It seems a vocal band of people in the UK are beginning to think sea vegetables ought to be appearing on more menus. Consumer research company Mintel reports the number of new seaweed products on the market has doubled over the past two years. Supermarkets and online food retailers now stock everything from seaweed-spiked salt and pasta to oaten biscuits and ready-meals, while spirulina, a type of bluegreen algae, is being added to various products to lend colour and nutrients. Algae lattes – bright blue caffeine drinks pimped with seaweed – are even popping up in hipster coffee shops, however unpalatable they might sound.