ABSTRACT
One of the main challenges we face in the 21st century is to feed a growing population with increasingly limited natural resources. Microalgae have the potential to be an alternative food resource, meeting global demands in an environmentally sustainable way. Until now, microalgae have been applied in several products as innovative ingredients for the formulation of functional foods and/or nutraceuticals due to their nutritional composition and bioactivity of their compounds, which have beneficial effects on health. Thus, this chapter highlights everything from microalgae cultivation, nutritional composition, and bioactivity, to product manufacturing, presenting the current state of the art in microalgae-based food products and regulatory issues.
