Seagreens® Food Granules
Just sprinkle on hot or cold food or add to juices and smoothies.
This unique blend of four sustainably-harvested shallow water seaweeds complete the nutritional profile of your meal adding any missing nutrients, and helps you absorb more nutrients from the rest of your meal or juice.
You will also benefit from Seagreens gentle detoxifying action helping you expel toxins, including heavy metals from the body.
Take just 1g per day to maintain and build the foundation of your health, or more to tackle specific health conditions or undertake a detoxification programme.
Rich Nutrient Source
Seagreens Food Granules provide a rich nutrient source of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and trace elements in a natural, synergistic combination which your body recognises as food and can therefore absorb completely.
Seagreens® nutrients and compounds are not found in conventional supplements because they cannot be replicated artificially, even in so-called 'food state' products.
Seagreens® Food Granules can be taken by everybody, including during pregnancy. They are suitable for babies, children and elderly people and do not interfere with any other medicines or supplements taken.
What's in it
Food Granules are a unique wholefood blend of finely milled Seagreens® native wild seaweeds Pelvetia, Fucus, Ascophyllum and Alaria whose composition and health benefits Seagreens has studied and documented for over two decades. Suits use in food and drinks. Nothing added or extracted. Non-allergenic.
What it does
Widely used for comprehensive dietary completeness every day, and at higher levels in nutritional therapy. Contributes to healthy digestion, metabolism, circulation and cognition subject to research since 2008 with many published scientific papers.
How to use
A quarter teaspoon each morning (1g or 0.04oz), in any food or cold drink, contributes a balance of micronutrients to a normal daily diet. In older age and to address health conditions and nutrition deficiencies, professional advice may be helpful before using higher daily amounts. For children use half the amount. Safe in permanent daily use for any age and health condition.
Provenance
British Isles and Nordic region. The best seaweed species are found in different locations. Seagreens has developed 5 food certified remote harvesting locations and production facilities in England, Iceland, Ireland, Norway and Scotland.
Product Information
Seagreens® Food Granules Blend consists of four species, Alaria esculenta (Winged Kelp, Dabberlocks) (11.1%) Ascophyllum nodosum (Knotted Wrack) (11.1%), Fucus vesiculosus (Bladder Wrack) (22.2%), Pelvetia canaliculata (Channelled Wrack) (55.6%).
These are shallow water, inter-tidal brown seaweed species, often coloured from dark green to brown, found extensively in the Northern Atlantic in sheltered areas at the lower, intermediate, and higher extremes of the intertidal zone.
The seaweeds are sustainably wild harvested using Seagreens® proprietary methods and technologies at different locations to ensure consistency and continuity of supply. Harvested areas and plants are carefully selected, monitored and documented.
Processing involves ambient air circulation or low temperature drying and milling without the use of fossil fuels. All of this is designed to retain nutritional integrity.
The product is non-allergenic, free from harmful contaminants and complies with international regulations for food, drink and nutrition applications. All product analysis is undertaken using independent, UKAS Accredited laboratories.
The nutritional profile below reflects more than a decade of uniquely comprehensive compositional data. Production batch analytical testing and regular in-depth studies form part of Seagreens’ continuous focus on quality monitoring, improvement and research.
This is a natural product, with natural batch variations.
Nutritional Profile/Ingredients - Seagreens® Food Granules
Such a comprehensive balance of nutrients is found in no other natural food but seaweed.
From the primordial ocean to the vegetation and animals which remain our food today, our own bodily composition has its origins in the earliest organisms and the chemistry of life itself.
As life forms became increasingly diverse, they adapted to more specific diets. To survive on a narrower range of nutrients and protect themselves against toxicity, each evolved different mechanisms of selectivity and defence.
That is why we need a wide variety of land based foods, since each has a little of what we need. But nutrient loss in agricultural soils and manufactured and denatured food makes nutritional balance, especially of all the micronutrients, harder to achieve.
Almost as old as the ocean, seaweed is an outstanding whole food which complements and fills the gaps in all land food and special diets.
Food Granules (per gram) provides:
Amino acids:
Alanine 0.85 mg, Arginine 0.44 mg, Asparagine 0.5 mg, Aspartic acid 1.73 mg, Cystine and Cysteine* 0.2 mg, Cystathionine 0.5 mg, Glutamic acid 1.72 mg,, Glutamine 0.5 mg, Glycine 0.78 mg, Histidine 0.25 mg, Homocysteine 0.5 mg, Hydroxyproline 0.5 mg, Isoleucine 0.57 mg, Leucine 0.97 mg, Lysine 0.71 mg, Methionine 0.2 mg, 1- Methylhistidine 0.5 mg, 3-Methylhistidine 0.5mg, Ornithine 0.5 mg, Phenylalanine 0.78 mg, Phosphoserene 0.66 mg, Proline 0.21 mg, Sarcosine 0.5 mg, Serine 0.71 mg, Taurine 0.5 mg, Threonine 0.8 mg, Tryptophan 0.17 mg, Tyrosine 0.6mg, Valine 0.74 mg. *Cysteine is a non-essential methionine amino acid derivative formed in collaboration with vitamins B6 and B12 whereas cystine, a compound formed when two amino acids form a disulfide bond, is a more stable semi-essential amino acid. Both are important in protein synthesis, detoxification and metabolism and cystine is a substrate for the cystine-glutamate cell transport by which it is readily broken down to cysteine in the cell. Normal human hair and skin contains 10-14% cystine.
Antioxidant capacity - principal antioxidant nutrients:
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) 1685 µg, Calcium 12,600 µg, Copper 0.97 µg, Magnesium 7,907µg, Manganese (part of the antioxidant enzyme Superoxide dismutase) 95.16 µg, Polyphenols (gallic acid equivalent) 23,415.96 µg, Polyphenols (tannins) 30,358.46 µg, Potassium 22,316 µg, Selenium 0.11 µg, Superoxide dismutase 60.82 units, Vitamin A (carotenoids) 12.27 µg, Vitamin C 161.69 µg, Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 98.21 µg, Zinc 24.45 µg.
Betaines:
Glycine Betaine trace, Gamma Amino Butyric Acid Betaine trace, Delta Amino Valeric Acid Betaine trace, TML (Laminine) trace, L-Carnitine trace, Trigonelline trace.
Carbohydrates:
546.29 mg of which total dietary fibre is 471.21 mg including non-starch polysaccharides Algin, Fucose, Fucoidan, Mannitol, Methylpentosans, Laminarin, Mannuronic acid and Chlorophyll (antioxidant). Soluble fibre is approximately 20% of total dietary fibre, insoluble 80%.
Enzymes:
Carbohydrase 26.87 units, Lipase 19.76 units, Protease 414.87 units, Superoxide dismutase 60.82 units, Uronic acid 17.35 units.
Essential fatty acids:
Alpha amino-n-butyric acid 5.33 µg, Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) (antioxidant) 1,685 µg, Beta aminoisobutyric acid 5.33 µg, Docosadienoic acid 3.33 µg, Docosapentaenoic (DPA) 13.28 µg, Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) 13.91 µg, Eicosapentenoic acid (EPA) 1,830.94 µg, EPA and DHA Omega-3 1,844.85 µg, Gamma amino-n-butyric acid 5.33 µg, Oleic acid 3,255.81 µg, Omega-3 4,520.05 µg, Omega-6 12,859.51 µg*, Omega 9 18,668.74 µg, Monounsaturated fatty acids 16,643.23 µg, Polyunsaturated fatty acids 13,163.22 µg, Saturated fatty acids 7,986.58 µg, Trans fatty acids (mono- and poly-unsaturates) 0.44 µg. *Omega 3:6 ratio 35%.
Minerals:
Calcium (antioxidant) 12.6 mg, Magnesium (antioxidant) 7.9 mg, Nitrogen 7.6 mg, Phosphorus 4.6 mg, Potassium (antioxidant) 22.3 mg, Sodium 30.5 mg, Sulphur 33.6 mg.
Polyphenols:
23,416 µg (gallic acid equivalent)
Protein:
48.52 mg
Sugars:
Fructose trace, Glucose trace, Maltose trace, Sucrose trace, Galactose trace.
Trace elements:
Antimony 0.21 µg, Barium 9.47 µg, Beryllium trace, Bismuth trace, Boron 106.81 µg, Bromine 372.66 µg, Cerium 0.43 µg, Caesium 0.02 µg, Chromium 0.41 µg, Cobalt 0.38 µg, Copper 0.97 µg, Dysprosium 0.02 µg, Erbium 0.01 µg, Europium 7.01 µg, Flouride (acid soluble) 4.02 µg, Gadolinium 0.03 µg, Gallium 0.06 µg, Germanium 0.06 µg, Gold 0.09 µg, Hafnium trace, Holmium trace, Iodine 390 µg*, Iridium 0.01 µg, Iron 370.51 µg, Lanthanum 0.21 µg, Lithium 0.6 µg, Lutetium trace, Manganese 95.16 µg, Molybdenum 0.69 µg, Neodymium 0.17 µg, Nickel 1.4 µg, Niobium trace, Osmium trace, Palladium 0.01 µg, Platinum 0.26 µg, Praeseodymium 0.05 µg, Rhenium 0.07 µg, Rubidium 7.19 µg, Ruthenium trace, Samarium 0.03 µg, Scandium 0.05 µg, Selenium 0.11 µg, Silicon** 227.63 µg, Silver 0.05 µg, Strontium 665.34 µg, Tantalum trace, Tellurium 0.05 µg, Terbium trace, Thallium trace, Thorium 0.01 µg, Thuliam 0.08 µg, Tin 0.02 µg, Titanium trace, Tungsten trace, Uranium 0.26 µg, Vanadium 2.11 µg, Ytterbium 0.01 µg, Yttrium 0.16 µg, Zinc 24.45 µg, Zirconium 0.17 µg. *For more iodine information and comparison of iodine levels in different Seagreens products see below 'Iodine levels in Seagreens® nutrition products'. **Silicon and silica are different chemical species, the key difference being that silicon is an element whereas silica is a compound. Higher levels in seaweed may indicate the coincidental collection of sand during harvesting and is indicative of low grade seaweed unlikely to have been produced to standards for human nutrition.
Vitamins:
A (carotenoids) 12.27 µg, B1 (thiamin) 0.46 µg, B2 (riboflavin) 0.21 µg, B3 (niacin or vitamin PP) 54.69 µg, B5 (pantothenic acid and calcium pantothenate) 1.64 µg, B6 (pyridoxine) 0.55 µg, B9 (folate) 0.97 µg, B12 (cobalamin) trace, C 161.69 µg, D2 (ergocalciferol) trace, D3 (cholecalciferol) trace, E (alpha-tocopherol) with all the isomers of wheat germ 98.21 µg, H (biotin or vitamin B8) 0.06 µg, K (K3 phytomenadione, K1 phylloquinone, K2 menaquinone 4 and menaquinone 7) 1.28 µg.
Iodine levels in Seagreens® nutrition products
Uptake of iodine in the body has been shown to be approximately 1/3rd of intake. Figures are average iodine levels in micrograms over two decades harvesting Seagreens®. Iodine levels fluctuate according to natural variances in species and individual uptake.
Iodine levels in Seagreens® nutrition productsProduct name | Intake (daily use or portion) | Uptake |
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Food Granules (1 gram) | 390µg | 129µg |
Note: 1g (gram) = 1000mg (milligram) = 1,000,000µg (microgram)
Nutritional data reproduced by permission of the Copyright holder, Seagreens Ltd, Great Britain.