**3.1 Food industry**

FAO/WHO approves that alginates are the safest food additives because of its unique properties in food applications [54]. Over decades, alginates are used in a variety of food items, such as ice cream toppings, fruit jams, jelly, milk products, food packing, instant noodles, beer, etc., because of their unique properties such as thickening, gelling, emulsification, stabilization, texture functionality.
