Nutritional composition of selected edible algae (% dry weight)
| Species | Proteins | Ashes | Dietary fiber | Carbohydrates | Lipids | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorophyta (green macroalgae) | Codium sp. | 10 | - | 5 | 53 | 1.0 |
| C. fragile | 8–11 | 21–39 | 5.1 | 39–67 | 0.5–1.5 | |
| Ulva compressa | 21–27 | 18.6 | 33–45 | 48.2 | 0.3 | |
| U. intestinalis | 6.15 | - | - | 30.58 | 7.13 | |
| U. lactuca | 10–25 | 12.9–36.8 | 10.28–38 | 36–43 | 0.6–3.9 | |
| U. rigida | 18–19 | 28.6 | 38–41 | 43–56 | 0.9–2.0 | |
| Phaeophyceae (brown macroalgae) | Fucus spiralis | 10.77 | - | 63.88 | - | - |
| F. vesiculosus | 3–14 | 14–30 | 45–59 | 46.8 | 1.9 | |
| Himanthalia elongata | 5–17 | 30–36 | 9.48–37 | 44–61 | 0.5–3.1 | |
| Laminaria ochroleuca | 9–17.2 | 38.0 | 11.7–36 | 43.0–52 | 1.5–1.8 | |
| Saccharina japonica | 4.1–7.5 | 9.1–26.63 | 10–22.8 | 51.9–84.4 | 1.0–2.4 | |
| S. latissima | 6–26 | 34.78–37.3 | 9.89–30 | 44.1–61 | 0.5–1.8 | |
| Sargassum vulgare | 9.2–19.9 | 13.01–30.35 | 4.8–10.5 | 52.6–68.5 | 0.15–0.79 | |
| U. pinnatifida | 12–23 | 26–41.2 | 8.81–46 | 30.1–51 | 1.5–10.1 | |
| Rhodophyta (red macroalgae) | C. crispus | 11–21 | 21.08 | 10–34 | 55–68 | 0.9–3.0 |
| Osmundea pinnatifida | 20.64 | - | 33.82 | - | - | |
| P. palmata | 8–35 | 15–30 | 28.57–38 | 46–56 | 0.7–3 | |
| Porphyra sp. | 25.80 | - | 40.98 | - | - | |
| Porphyra umbilicalis | 29–39 | 12 | 29–35 | 43 | 0.3 | |
| Pterocladiella capillacea | 20.52 | - | 52.08 | - | - | |
| N. tenera | 7.9–47 | 17.5–20.5 | 12–35 | 44.3–72.3 | 0.7–2.3 | |
| Neopyropia yezoensis | 31–44 | 7.8 | 48.6 | 44.4 | 2.1 | |
sp.: species; C. fragile: Codium fragile; U. intestinalis: Ulva intestinalis; U. lactuca: Ulva lactuca; U. rigida: Ulva rigida; F. vesiculosus: Fucus vesiculosus; S. latissima: Saccharina latissima; U. pinnatifida: Undaria pinnatifida; C. crispus: Chondrus crispus; P. palmata: Palmaria palmata; N. tenera: Neopyropia tenera; *: species do not present in the Atlantic flora, but indicated here for comparison