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For a cup of hot water, two to three spoons of kelp powder is used. [11] Optionally, sugar or honey can be added. [11] Alternatively, around 30 grams (1.1 oz) of cleaned kelp pieces are infused in 300–500 millilitres (11–18 imp fl oz; 10–17 US fl oz) of hot water. [12] The kelp slices are removed after infusing, and salt is added to taste.
The primary commercial product obtained from giant kelp is alginate, but humans also harvest this species on a limited basis for use directly as food. It is rich in iodine, potassium, and other minerals. It can be used in cooking in many of the ways other sea vegetables are used, and particularly serves to add flavor to bean dishes.
In Korean cuisine, dasima is used to make broth, deep-fried into bugak or twigak (coated and uncoated fries), pickled in soy sauce as jangajji, and eaten raw as a sea vegetable for ssam (wraps). It is also used to make dasima-cha (kelp tea). Cheonsa-chae (kelp noodles) is made from the alginic acid from dasima.
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In great amount, kelp ash can be used in soap and glass production. Until the Leblanc process was commercialized in the early 19th century, burning of kelp in Scotland was one of the principal industrial sources of soda ash (predominantly sodium carbonate). [40] Around 23 tons of seaweed was required to produce 1 ton of kelp ash.
Alginates are used in industrial products such as paper coatings, adhesives, dyes, gels, explosives and in processes such as paper sizing, textile printing, hydro-mulching and drilling. Seaweed is an ingredient in toothpaste, cosmetics and paints. Seaweed is used for the production of bio yarn (a textile). [58]
At the beginning of the 20th century California kelp beds were harvested for their potash. [1] [5] [6] Commercial interest increased during the 1970s and the 1980s due to the production of alginates, and also for biomass production for animal feed due to the energy crisis. [5] [6] However commercial production for M. pyrifera never