Name: Organic Fresh Sea Bean Algae
Brand: BRETALG
SKU: HARICOT
Price: 9.5 EUR
Availability: InStock

Sea Salt Bean Algae, available in 1kg or 500g packaging

Add a marine touch to your plate !

🌿 Also known as "sea spaghetti," the sea bean Himanthalia elongata) is one of the most popular seaweeds. It is harvested during high tides and can reach up to 3 meters in length. With its olive green color, its subtle taste is highly appreciated by many seaweed consumers!
Its taste is slightly sweet, with a light marine fragrance, not very iodized. Its beautiful dark green color and texture are reminiscent of green beans from the land, hence its name ;)

Since the seaweed is preserved in salt, it softens more quickly and becomes more brittle after a few months. But we are sure that you won't have to keep it for 6 months !
Desalination : Your seaweed is preserved in salt. Take the desired amount of seaweed to consume directly in a salad or in another recipe. Soak them briefly in water for an initial desalting. Rinse, then discard the water. Then let them soak for two to three minutes in a sufficient amount of water. Rinse.
If the seaweed tastes too salty, rinse it a third time.

🌿 Find a recipe for a dish on our blog Sea Spaghetti !!

🌿 Also find our various books dedicated to algae:

- Seaweed in everyday life A book by Aurélie and Eric Viard, published by Gallimard Editions, to help you better utilize the benefits of seaweed in your diet !

- Cooking with seaweed a book and recipe journal co-written with BRETALG, at Éditions Marie-Claire, containing 80 recipes to make you love seaweed !

🌿 As well as this excerpt from a report produced by France 3 where Eric introduces us to different fresh seaweeds:

🌿 Its features:

Like all seaweeds, the bean is rich in calcium, magnesium, iodine, sodium, manganese, and omega-3.
The bean has a particularly high content of vitamins A, B6, and C (up to 4 times more vitamin C than an orange!)
It contains fucoxanthin, an antioxidant, which has anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties.
It contributes to the detoxification of pollutants and heavy metals.
It contains 3 times more fiber than an apple, 4 times more vitamin C than an orange, and helps lower blood sugar levels.
Like all seaweeds, its high iodine content requires caution for people suffering from hyperthyroidism.

Complete nutritional profile of the Center for the Study and Promotion of Algae (for 100g of dehydrated seaweed)

🌿 To learn more, check out our blog articles:

Seaweed and microalgae: Benefits, nutrients, culinary uses

Demystifying the Relationship Between Algae and the Thyroid

Fucoidan: Unveiling the Benefits of Brown Algae for Inspired Longevity

🌿 Also find in this video explanations about the use of algae, which are true treasures of the oceans !

🌿 To learn more about our seaweed and where it comes from, watch our two reports filmed in Roscoff in Finistère, at our partner's location. BRETALG, pioneer of organic fresh Breton seaweed. True to our values of transparency and integrity, we wanted to show you this entire process in a video, from harvesting to your plates.

> Manual collection on the foreshore – From March to July

- Conservation : in the refrigerator.

- DeliveryThe shipment of seaweed is carried out on a just-in-time basis, and a few additional days are sometimes necessary for processing your order, depending on the day we are restocked. The seaweed can easily withstand several days of travel without refrigeration, even in high heat, thanks to their packaging in a salt bath.

You will receive an email on the day your package is shipped, followed by your tracking number the next day.

It happens that the seaweed releases a bit of water during transport, despite double zip packaging. This is rare, but if your box arrives wet, it's not a problem. Please accept your package and contact us by email to discuss the situation. In 10 years, we have always found amicable arrangements, but refusing fresh goods means the goods are lost, and we wish to avoid these scenarios.