Pacific Harvest Wakame Seaweed Leaves (Wild Harvested)

This Wild Wakame seaweed is harvested by hand from the pristine waters of New Zealand’s South Island, and air dried to preserve nutrients. Wakame is also known as Undaria and is a popular edible seaweed, commonly added to delicious, hearty miso soups. It has a unique, subtle umami flavour and is silken to touch. If you are vegetarian or vegan, this is one sea vegetable you will grow to love as a source of wonderful flavour and an array of micronutrients, minerals and trace elements most land vegetables would find hard to match! Buy Pacific Harvest Wakame Leaves Wild (New Zealand) Online Wakame is a brown seaweed, so offers a concentrated source of naturally occurring iodine – an essential nutrient for human health- specifically linked to immunity, thyroid, brain, ovarian and breast health. Iodine is an essential nutrient for the production of a hormone called thyroxin which helps to regulate many body functions. It has also been linked to apoptosis (cell death) which is critical to fighting cancer – particularly thyroid and breast cancer. Pacific Harvest wild Wakame is a great addition to any diet. Depending on seasonality, it offers excellent iodine, and is also a source of calcium, magnesium, and contains Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, and K. Ingredients Wakame (Undaria sp.) dried sea vegetable 100%.