Chondrus crispus
Irish Moss
- Colour : dark red, purple, brown with bluish reflections
- Physiological characteristics : polymorphic, thick and branched flattened thallus
- Dimension : 7 to 15 cm
- Seaweed origin : raw material coming from the Roscoff and/or Morlaix bay
- Environment : rocky substrates
- Foreshore zone : from the supralittoral to the infralittoral level
| Branch : | Rhodophytes |
| Class : | Florideophycees |
| Line : | Gigartinacees |
| Type | Chondrus |
| Variety : | Crispus |
Medical :
- Antibacterial
- Hypotensive
Pharma :
- Intestinal treatment such as diarrhea, constipation and dysentery
- Seaweed sampling from the nearby bay, seawater quality type A
- Varietal selection of strains according to customer application needs
- Multiplication in hatchery-nursery of the selected strains
- On-shore bio-oriented culture in ponds in greenhouse with recirculated seawater
- Fresh biomass harvesting
- Conditioning : fresh, frozen, dry (micronization option)
Nutritional composition :(content per 100g of dehydrated seaweed)
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16.6g
Proteins
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Alanine, glutamic acid, leucine, aspartic acid2.3g
Lipids
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Low in lipids. the main fatty acids are palmitic, palmitoleic, oleic, arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acids (78% of the total composition in GA), large amount of cholesterol (94% of the total composition in sterols)2.6g
Minerals
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Sodium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus21.5g
Carbohydrates
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Polysaccharides between 55 and 66% of the total seaweed: carrageenan (3 types depending on the stage of the cycle: lambda, kappa and iota carrageenan)22mg
Vitamins
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rich in vitamin C, vitamin B230.6g
Fibers
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