Currently Taiwan is one of only a few countries that produce Gracilaria. Wu Chwen-herng, head of the food processing group at the FRI, believes that using Gracilaria in cosmetics with deep sea water taken off Taitung's coastline may increase its value by more than 1,000 times.
目前全球生產龍鬚菜的國家不多，台灣是其中之一，水試所食品加工組組長吳純衡相信，只要開發成化妝品後，再添加台東沿岸附近的海洋深層水，將龍鬚菜的優點引導出來，身價即可能暴增上千倍。