PHAEOPHYCEAE - BROWN ALGAE

Pelvetia canalicula

COMMON NAME: CHANNEL WRACK / CHANNELLED WRACK

Growing higher up the shore than any other wrack species, Channel Wrack is adapted to long exposure and desiccation between tides — a hardy, high-shore brown algae hand-harvested alongside Ascophyllum and Fucus species along Ireland's Atlantic coast.


COMPOSITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

A snapshot from our lab data.

Fucoidan

≈13.5% mass

Polysaccharide

≈52.25% DM

Vitamin A

≈7.20 mg/100g

Folate

≈140 µg/100g

FIGURES FROM INDEPENDENT LAB ANALYSIS, A SINGLE SEASONAL HARVEST. COMPOSITION VARIES NATURALLY BY SEASON, HARVEST LOCATION, AND GROWING CONDITIONS — INDICATIVE ONLY. CURRENT CERTIFICATES OF ANALYSIS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

REGULATORY NOTE (PLEASE VERIFY EXACT WORDING WITH A FOOD-LAW ADVISER BEFORE PUBLISHING — THIS ISN'T LEGAL ADVICE, JUST THE UNDERLYING FACT): PELVETIA CANALICULATA IS CLASSIFIED AS A NOVEL FOOD UNDER EU REGULATION 2015/2283 AND IS NOT CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED FOR FOOD-INGREDIENT USE WITHIN THE EU MARKET. SUGGESTED CAVEAT LINE FOR THE PAGE: *"NOT CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED FOR FOOD USE IN THE EU UNDER NOVEL FOOD REGULATIONS. AVAILABLE FOR MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS OUTSIDE THIS RESTRICTION — PLEASE ENQUIRE."



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