Researchers bring duckweed to stew and pesto

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Congratulations, yummy bears. DUCKWEED has been approved for consumption by the European Food Safety Authority. As if we, as culinary sovereigns, care about that! Duckweed is also known as 'water lentils'. "It is a special plant because it multiplies very quickly and is packed with proteins, and it does not need good agricultural land to grow." We still have to verify it with Superjank19391945, but presumably, now that the coronavirus and the fo…

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Duckweed, also known as water lentils, is now allowed to be sold as food for humans in the European Union. It is the result of an approval process that took years. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) took the initiative to get the crop approved for human consumption.