Palmaria palmata - Dulse

Palmaria palmata, known as Dulse, is a red seaweed with a distinctive flavor. It is commonly used as a food ingredient in soups, salads, and snacks, and is rich in vitamins and minerals.

Inputs

• Iron¹
• Potassium¹
• Magnesium¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Functions

• Calcium accumulator²
• Magnesium accumulator²
• Iron accumulator²

Footnotes

1. ”An Assessment of Selected Nutritional, Bioactive, Thermal and Technological Properties of Brown and Red Irish Seaweed Species”, Foods 10(11):2784 (2021), which reports dulse as “one of the most widely used and consumed seaweed species in Ireland.” ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-2 ↩ ↩² ↩³