{"id":729858,"date":"2020-07-28T18:03:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/material-lab\/material\/algae-offset-ink\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:12:25","slug":"algae-offset-ink","status":"publish","type":"material","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/materials\/algae-offset-ink\/","title":{"rendered":"Algae Offset Ink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-druckfarbe-auf-basis-von-algen\">Printing ink based on algae<\/h1>\n    <section class=\"info-slider alignfull\"\n             style=\"--items-per-row:2;\"  data-component=\"slider\" data-gap=\"0\" data-loop=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n            <div class=\"slider__container swiper\">\n                <div class=\"slider__slides swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-5-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"MILK MaterialLab Algae Offset Ink Cast Iron\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-5-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-5-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-5-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-4-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"MILK MaterialLab Algae Offset Ink Cast Iron\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-4-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-4-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-4-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-3-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"MILK MaterialLab Algae Offset Ink Cast Iron\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-3-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-3-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Algae-Offset-Ink-Cast-Iron-3-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t                            <div class=\"theme--dark\">\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-prev swiper-button-prev theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-next swiper-button-next theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\t\t\t             <div class=\"slider__scrollbar swiper-scrollbar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t    <\/section>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-algae-offset-ink\">Algae Offset Ink<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This algae-based printing ink replaces petroleum-derived pigments used in conventional offset printing inks. The project was carried out jointly by the <em>Patagonia<\/em> brand and the company <em>Living Ink<\/em>.   After a successful test run, 8000 brochures were printed on 100% recycled PCW paper.  <em>Living Ink.<\/em>  has been working on algae ink since 2013 and has also produced water-based ink for flexographic printing (for printing corrugated cardboard boxes).  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\">Product name:<strong> <strong><strong>Algae Offset Ink<\/strong><\/strong><br\/><\/strong>Manufacturer:<strong> <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingink.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LivingInk<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <strong><strong><strong>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.patagonia.com\/gb\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patagonia<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br\/>Project status: Concept \/\/ Prototype \/\/ Ready for market \/\/ <strong>Ready for series production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: LivingInk &amp; Patagonia<br\/>Image source: Cast Iron Design<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Printing ink based on algae Algae Offset Ink This algae-based printing ink replaces petroleum-derived pigments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":5603,"template":"","material_status":[1190],"material_category":[1813],"material_type":[2090,2158],"material_food":[1189,2083],"material_topic":[2139,2103,2087,2120,2104,2111,2085,1423,2110],"class_list":["post-729858","material","type-material","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","material_status-series-production-ready","material_category-miscellaneous-mixed","material_type-organic-origin","material_type-other","material_food-other","material_food-various-foods","material_topic-alternative","material_topic-certified","material_topic-organic","material_topic-pollutant-free","material_topic-recycled-en","material_topic-renewable-en-2","material_topic-non-packed","material_topic-upcycling-en","material_topic-waste-based"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MILK. 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