Buxton company developing kelp-based additive for bread lands $600,000 grant

VitaminSea will use the money to join with bakeries to create recipes in an effort that could grow the state’s seaweed aquaculture industry.

A Buxton company that is developing a kelp-based additive for bread has received a $600,000 federal grant.

VitaminSea will receive the Small Business Innovation Research grant as follow-up financing to the $100,000 that the company received last year to prove the feasibility and costs of adding kelp to bread and other products made by bakeries.

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