Lofoten Seaweed cooperates with Arcticsource1 in USA

20 September 2022

Lofoten Seaweed cooperates with ArcticSource1 in USA

Lofoten Seaweed AS, founded in 2016 and is now supplying a wide variety of products based on local wild and farmed kelp, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for the US market with ArcticSource1. The agreement covers high quality kelp-based ingredients for the premium supplement, restaurant and functional food markets.

“Lofoten Seaweed is located just north of the Arctic Circle in Lofoten, Norway. Their seaweed grows in some of the world’s purest water,” says Jan Haakonsen, Sales and Marketing Director for ArcticSource1. “No wonder they produce such high-quality seaweed,” he adds.

“Lofoten Seaweed is in the process of expanding operations and will launch new nutritional products with the highest quality in the market, says Tamara Singer, co-founder, and Operations Director in Lofoten Seaweed. “That is why we are taking a harder look at the USA as a market for our kelp products.” Angelita Eriksen, President of Lofoten Seaweed continues, “There were many good reasons to choose ArcticSource1 to market the kelp for us. The decisive reason was their high standard of marine ingredients, as well as the technical and market competence of ArcticSource1.

The USA is the single largest market for nutrition-rich products. The market trend is upwards for sustainable and natural products, which makes trustworthy supply more appealing to the consumer. That is why ArcticSource1 expects rapid acceptance in the market.

Lofoten Seaweed was founded in 2016 by friends Tamara and Angelita. Hailing from opposite sides of the planet, united over a love of good food and the ocean, they are committed to bringing seaweed back into the modern kitchen. We harvest wild-grown seaweed from the arctic waters of Lofoten and use it to create a range of seaweed salts and seasonings, as well as providing high-quality whole leaf seaweed to restaurants across Europe and beyond.

ArcticSource1 LLC, founded in 2010 by Jan Haakonsen, has the expressed focus of sales and marketing of marine ingredients from the Nordic region to the USA. The company offerings include a full range of natural Omega-3 products, innovative fish protein products like collagen, organic kelp, chitosan, and other specialized ingredients from the sea.