On the human consumption of the red seaweed dulse (Palmaria palmata (L.) Weber & Mohr)

The red seaweed dulse (Palmaria palmata) is one of the more popular seaweed species for human consumption in the Western world. With a documented historical use up to present days in Ireland, Brittany (France), Iceland, Maine (USA), and Nova Scotia (Canada), it has remained a snack, a food supplemen...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Phycology
Main Authors: Mouritsen, Ole G., Dawczynski, Christine, Duelund, Lars, Jareis, Gerhard, Vetter, Walter, Schroder, Markus
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Amino acids
Arsenic
Dulse
Fatty acids
Foodstuff
Heavy metals
Iodine
Kainic acid
Palmaria palmata
Vitamin K
Iceland
Online Access:https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/b7c33515-9aa1-48a0-a322-4a610d7593ab
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0014-7
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Summary:The red seaweed dulse (Palmaria palmata) is one of the more popular seaweed species for human consumption in the Western world. With a documented historical use up to present days in Ireland, Brittany (France), Iceland, Maine (USA), and Nova Scotia (Canada), it has remained a snack, a food supplement, and an ingredient in various dishes. The trend towards more healthy and basic foodstuffs, together with an increasing interest among chefs for the seaweed cuisine, has posed the need for more quantitative knowledge about the chemical composition of dulse of relevance for human consumption. Here, we report on data for amino acid composition, fatty acid profile, vitamin K, iodine, kainic acid, inorganic arsenic, as well as for various heavy metals in samples from Denmark, Iceland, and Maine.

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