Wakame
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Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) is a species of kelp native to cold, temperate coasts of the northwest Pacific Ocean. As an edible seaweed, it has a subtly sweet, but distinctive and strong flavour and satiny texture. It is most often served in soups and salads.
Wakame | |
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mature sporophyte | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Laminariales |
Family: | Alariaceae |
Genus: | Undaria |
Species: | U. pinnatifida |
Binomial name | |
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 | |
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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Energy | 188 kJ (45 kcal) |
9.14 g | |
Sugars | 0.65 g |
Dietary fiber | 0.5 g |
0.64 g | |
3.03 g | |
Vitamins | Quantity %DV† |
Thiamine (B1) | 5% 0.06 mg |
Riboflavin (B2) | 18% 0.23 mg |
Niacin (B3) | 10% 1.6 mg |
Pantothenic acid (B5) | 14% 0.697 mg |
Folate (B9) | 49% 196 μg |
Vitamin C | 3% 3 mg |
Vitamin E | 7% 1 mg |
Vitamin K | 4% 5.3 μg |
Minerals | Quantity %DV† |
Calcium | 12% 150 mg |
Iron | 12% 2.18 mg |
Magnesium | 25% 107 mg |
Manganese | 61% 1.4 mg |
Phosphorus | 6% 80 mg |
Sodium | 38% 872 mg |
Zinc | 3% 0.38 mg |
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] |
Wakame has long been collected for food in East Asia,[3] and sea farmers in Japan have cultivated wakame since the eighth century (Nara period).[4]
Although native to cold temperate coastal areas of Japan, Korea, China, and Russia,[5] it has established itself in temperate regions around the world, including New Zealand, the United States, Belgium,[6] France, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Australia and Mexico.[7][8] As of 2018[update], the Invasive Species Specialist Group has listed the species on its list of 100 worst globally invasive species.[9]
Wakame, as with all other kelps and brown algae, is plant-like in appearance, but is unrelated to true plants, being, instead, a photosynthetic, multicellular stramenopile protist of the SAR supergroup.[10]