Yes, it’s that slimy green stuff that makes you shudder when you swim across it in the sea. But we Brits are becoming aware that seaweeds – or sea veggies – are a rich source of vitamins and minerals.
In the last year alone, Sainsbury’s has seen an 89% increase in online searches for seaweed products, including “Welsh caviar” and “bacon of the sea”.
Even Kate Middleton jumped on the trend. She apparently enjoyed seaweed facials at her parent’s Berkshire home after the birth of Prince George in 2013.
Mara Seaweed founder Fiona Houston says, “Seaweed used to be an important part of our native diet. It’s a truly natural nutritionally dense superfood, containing a unique combination of all 56 vitamins, minerals, electrolytes and trace elements essential for health.” Fiona has four top tips to forage seaweed safely, and for free.
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