PHAEOPHYCEAE - BROWN ALGAE
Pelvetia canaliculata
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.
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