Mozuku, Fucoidan and Okinawa Articles

How EU Novel Food Article 14 works for foods from third countries: eligibility, dossier contents, objections, timelines, and what it means for mozuku.

A review of human trials and broader research on fucoidan, organized by level of evidence rather than marketing claims.

Mozuku and nori come from different seaweed families. Here is why that matters for fucoidan content, iodine and everyday use.

Compare mozuku and wakame on fucoidan content, iodine exposure, texture, culinary use and the regulatory context in Europe.

A practical guide to the EU Novel Food framework for seaweed: the 1997 cutoff, authorization paths and where mozuku stands in 2025.

A practical guide to fucoidan from brown seaweed: structure, sources, research history and what current evidence can and cannot support.

What 50 years of research says about the Okinawa diet, longevity, food patterns and the limits of the popular narrative.

What mozuku is, how it is grown in Okinawa, what makes its texture distinctive and why fucoidan is so often discussed alongside it.