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Brown seaweeds table

Brown algae

Scientific name

Common name

 

Uses

Laminaria spp

Laminaria japonica

Kelp, Kombu, Konbu, Suboshi kombu, Aokombu, Haidai Dashima, Oarweed, Wild kelp, Fingered tangle, Sea tangle

Dashi, salads, fried, soups, sauces, added to rice, beverages, sashimi, Kombucha (seaweed tea)

Undaria spp

Wakame, Haiboshi wakame, Quandai-cai, Miyeok, Foug ¨re des mers, Mekabu

Miso soup, salads

Sargassum fusiforme

Sargassum spp

Hiziki, Hoshi hiziki, Deer tail grass, Sheep nest grass, Horsetail tangle

Vegetable, soup, stir fries

Cladosiphon okamuranus

Mozuku

Salads, supplements

Alaria esculenta

Winged kelp, Dabberlocks, Badderlocks, American wakame

Salads, vegetable

Eisenia bicyclis

Arame, Kelp

Vegetable, garnish, salads, pickles

Ecklonia maxima

Sea bamboo, Paddle weed

Fucus vesiculosus

Bladder wrack, Black tang, Rockweed, Bladder fucus, Sea oak, Black tany, Cut weed, Dyers fucus, Red fucus, Rock wrack

Additives, flavourings, food supplements

Durvillaea antarctica

Bull kelp, Cochayuyo, Hulpe

Stews, salads

Ascophyllum nodosum

Norwegian kelp, Knotted Kelp, Knotted wrack, Egg wrack

Alginate, seaweed meal

Postelsia palmaeformis

Sea palm, Palm seaweed

Chinese dishes

Page last updated 6 December 2023