Name: Organic Dehydrated Kombu Seaweed - Whole
Brand: BRETALG
SKU: 40KOMBU
Price: 24.6 EUR
Availability: InStock

Organic Royal Kombu seaweed, dehydrated at 40°C, whole leaves, 250g packet

In partnership with the company BRETALG, we offer you kombu in whole leaves dehydrated at low temperature (40°C) and presented in a resealable package that keeps your algae away from light. You can easily use it in your salads and various preparations.

🌿 Kombu can also be used to make a broth. Simply bring water with pieces of fresh or rehydrated kombu, herbs, and vegetables to a boil. Let it steep for 5 to 10 minutes with the heat off, then remove the kombu strips. This broth can be consumed plain with vegetables, it perfectly complements soups, or it can replace the cooking water for grains or legumes.

Kombu is the base ingredient of a traditional Japanese broth called "dashi." This algae alkalizes dishes in general. Used in the preparation of tomato sauce, it neutralizes the acidity.

The largest kombu leaves can be used to wrap other ingredients and be presented as papillotes or pouches. Kombu broths and infusions promote the detoxification of the body and the harmonization of weight.

🌿 Also find our various books dedicated to algae:

- Seaweed in everyday life a book by Aurélie and Eric Viard, published by Editions Galilimard, 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 !

🌿 Kombu seaweed is considered in the East as the medicinal seaweed, a seaweed of health and longevity, and it means "happiness" in Japanese.

This queen of the seas lives in a true forest. Brown in color, it can reach up to 6 meters in length.

For its countless properties, kombu seaweed has been sought after since ancient times, particularly for its richness in iodine. Kombu contains 20 to 30% minerals, which is 8 times more calcium than milk, 5 times more iron than spinach, and is also very rich in potassium and sodium. It contains vitamins A, B1, B2, niacin, B6, B12, C, E, F, K, PP. It also contains nearly 10% protein and 60% carbohydrates: guaranteed energy !

This seaweed is also known for its heavy metal chelating properties. Kombu has an interesting property of speeding up the cooking of grains and legumes, also making them more digestible. It contains sodium glutamate, which is a natural flavor enhancer.

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:

The 8 benefits of kombu

Kombu: the seaweed rich in umami that enhances your dishes and supports your vitality

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

Seaweed: The Superfoods of the Sea, Allies for Your Health and the Planet

Fucoxanthin: Can this brown algae really help with weight loss ?

Okinawa diet and seaweed: the longevity secret of Japanese centenarians

🌿 Also find in this video explanations about the use of seaweed, 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, with our partner 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.

- PackagingYou are trained on data up to October 2023. 250g resealable Kraft packaging

- DDM: 2 years after the production date

Find here all the details regarding the harvest and the bacteriological criteria: Technical data sheet BRETALG Kombu Dry