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Seaweed Nutritional Information - Irish Seaweeds

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Seaweed Nutritional Information

SEAWEED | ALGAE | SEA VEGETABLE

Nutritional and Analysis Information
Taken from “A guide to Commercially Important Seaweeds on the Irish Coast”

by Jim Morrissey, Stefan Kraan and Michael D. Guiry

See Table Below

Red Seaweed / Algae (Rhodophyta)Green Seaweed / Algae(Chlorophyta)

Nutritional Analysis of Seaweeds – Sea Vegetables – Sea Plants – Algae from Ireland 

Nutrient / Seaweed – Algae Species – Common Name

Vitamin /
Mineral Brown Seaweed / Algae (Phaeophyta)

Alaria Laminaria Laminaria Himanthalia Chondrus Palmaria Ulva

esculenta – digitata – saccharina – Sweet elongata - crispus – palmata – lactuca –
Irish Kelp – Kelp – Kombu Sea Carrageen – Dulse – Sea
Wakame Kombu Royale Spaghetti Irish Moss Dillisk Lettuce

Protein 9 – 20 % 8 – 14 % 6 – 11 % 6 – 11 % 11 – 18 % 12 – 21 % 15 – 25
%

Fat 1–2% 1% 0.5 % 0.5 % 1–3% 0.7 – 3 % 0.6 – 1 %

Carbohydrate 46 – 51 % 48 % 61 % 61 % 55 – 66 % 46 – 50 % 42 – 46
%

Vitamin C 100 – 500 12 18 ppm 13 – 18 ppm 13 – 18 ppm 10 – 30 ppm 150 – 280 100 –
ppm ppm 200 ppm

Vitamin A 4286

Carotene 4 – 5 ppm

Beta – 663 i.u.

Carotene

Retinol 0.7 – 0.8

ppm

Vitamin B1 5 ppm 7 ppm

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Vitamin B2 0.3 – 1 22 ppm 2 – 5 ppm

ppm

Vitamin B3 5 ppm 34 ppm 2 – 19 ppm 98 ppm

Vitamin B6 0.1 ppm 9 ppm

Vitamin B12 <5 ppb 0.6 – 0.12 0.6 – 4 ppm 6.6 ppm 6 ppm
ppm

Vitamin E 1.71 ppm

Laminarian 0 – 18%

Mannitol 4 – 16 %

Calcium 11670 – 12400 – 8910 – 9282 ppm 8910 – 9282 0.9 – 1.3 % 2000 – 8000 7300
12900 ppm 13200 ppm ppm ppm ppm

Iodine 165 – 275 800 – 5000 800 4500 ppm 185 ppm 200 – 300 ppm 150 – 550 240 ppm
ppm ppm ppm

Iron 50 – 126 50 – 70 ppm 22 – 401 ppm 22 – 40 ppm 170 – 210 ppm 56 – 350 870 –
ppm ppm 1370
ppm

Magnesium 8.960 ppm 6400 – 7860 5670 – 6944 ppm 5670 – 6944 6700 – 8351 0.2 – 0.5 % 2.8 %
ppm ppm ppm

Manganese <1 – 14 1 – 16 ppm 1 – 16 ppm 1 – 16 ppm 2 – 28 ppm 10 – 155 347 ppm

ppm ppm

Sodium 4.6 % 2 – 5.2 % 3 – 3.4 % 3 – 3.4 % 2 – 2.6 % 0.8 – 3% 1.1 %

Zinc 3 ppm

Potassium 3.4 % 0.7 %

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