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Kelp Resources
This question comes up quite frequently.
What is Kelp?
Kelp is a brown seaweed. Most seaweeds are divided into three groups according to their colour, either green, brown, or red.
Generally, the green seaweeds inhabit the shallowest zones along the shore. The browns live in the mid-intertidal and subtidal zones, and the reds are usually found in deeper waters.
Just like mushrooms, there are hundreds of species and varieties of seaweed. Certain ones are edible, and of those, some are rare and prized for their nutritional value, like certain species of kelp.
It is the tissues of the kelp species that contain the highest concentration of minerals and vitamins. These tissues are used in MegakelpTM products.
Kelp is usually found in cold waters, and is very fast growing.
What is Seaweed?
Seaweeds are large algae that grow in the sea. They are plants, although they lack true stems, roots, and leaves. They do, however, have a blade that is leaflike (called a frond), a stipe that is stemlike, and a holdfast that resembles a root. Seaweeds anchor themselves to solid objects by this holdfast.
These plants live and flourish by absorbing sunlight and nutrients so plentiful in the sea. They capture energy in the form of sunlight and convert it to chemical energy. This process is called photosynthesis.
Some people know seaweed as kombu, nori, dulse, or sea vegetables.
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