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Flavour Analysis

Sea lettuce’s flavour profile spans several dimensions: insistent marine aroma, brine, cucumber and cut grass. An oyster note lends marine brininess, with a spinach note adding pondy leafiness, and kombu dashi and chlorophyll notes give the profile a nuanced, persistent finish.

Dominant Flavour Families

Vegetal
Herbal / Herbaceous
Earthy
Sweet
Carnal / Animalic

Flavour profile of sea lettuce

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Sea lettuce

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sea lettuce9.2

Salty, marine, iodine aroma typical of seaweed. Strong in sea lettuce.

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