Food Grade Kelp Powder (F.C.C. Grade)
When it comes to quality, there is no compromise!
Atlantic Laboratories is a Maine-based company with more than 27 years of experience in processing seaplants. The company harvests sea kelp from the same cold, clean waters that have been providing world-famous seafood for centuries. All Atlantic Laboratories sea kelp is responsibly harvested and is machine dried to maintain the proper moisture level for vitamins and amino acid stability.
Atlantic Laboratories was founded in 1971 by Robert Morse, a marine engineer who was one of the first members of Maine's Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. The company harvests and processes several types of seaweed year-round with a regular crew of 10 that swells to 35 during peak harvesting seasons. The seaweed is dried and processed in Atlantic Laboratories facility in Waldoboro using a low temperature machine drying process which consistently insures the highest quality product.
Why Use Sea Kelp?
Dehydrated kelp contains a full compliment of naturally digestible minerals, trace minerals, vitamins, and amino acids;
Trace elements are essential to blood chemistry and to the human body's wellbeing. Gold, iodine, magnesium, zinc, copper and more than 100 other nutrients are necessary to the human body and are found in seaweeds;
Seaweeds are an excellent source of organic iodine. Iodine stimulates the thyroid which regulates metabolism;
Sea kelp is an excellent source of amino acids, which are the building blocks of the body.
Why Choose Atlantic Laboratories?
Maine's sea kelp is some of the purest available in the world today. Quality assurance and consistency of analysis are the watchwords of Atlantic Labs processing.
Atlantic Laboratories low temperature machine drying assures the highest quality product because:
- There is less degradation of nutrients, vitamins and amino acids with low temperature drying;
- Moisture levels are more accurately maintained;
- Freshly harvested and processed seaweed is not left out to be exposed to the elements.
All "Processed for Food Use" seaweed is tested by an "outside" laboratory for purity using the Food Chemicals Codex;
Atlantic Laboratories independently tests for bacterial contaminants - E.coli, salmonella and total coliform.
The product can be particle "sized" to meet any requirements.
Robert Morse says:
"Part of my optimism for the future stems from the fact many individuals are beginning to really understand the benefits of using seaweed products in a number of areas - nutraceutical is just one area.
"I've got a great team of employees in place. They are a steady and knowledgeable group interested in producing the highest quality product possible."
"The work is all done in Maine - right out of boats in tidal zones, bays and inlets. We have a niche and don't feel we 're in competition with anyone. And we don 't infringe on the local fishermen."
"I'm ready now to bring my product from the ocean to the customer in the most efficient and cost-effective way."
Analysis Certificate
| Components |
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Carbohydrates |
Proteins
Fat
Fibre
Nitrogen-free extracts
Moisture
Ash
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5.7
2.6
7.0
58.6
10.7
15.4
100.0
|
|
Mannit
Algenic Acid
Methylpentosans
Laminarin
Undefined Sugars
Other Carbohydrates
|
4.2
26.7
7.0
9.3
14.4
38.4
100.0
|
Elements
| (Nitrogen-free extracts are made up of non-protein material such as sugars) |
|
(Methylpentosans are cornplex polysaccharides) |
Silver
Aluminium
Gold
Boron
Barium
Carbon
Calcium
Chlorine
Cobalt
Copper
Fluorine
Iron
Germanium
Hydrogen
Mercury
Iodine
Potassium
Lanthanum
Lithium
Magnesium
Manganese
Molybdenum
|
%
.000004
.193000
.000006
.019400
.001276
Undeclared
1.904000
3.680000
.001227
.000635
.032650
.089560
.000005
Undeclared
.000190
.062400
1.280000
.000019
.000007
.213000
.123500
.001592
|
|
Nitrogen
Sodium
Nickel
Oxygen
Osmium
Phosphorus
Lead
Rubidium
Sulphur
Antimony
Silicon
Tin
Strontium
Tellurium
Titanium
Thallium
Vanadium
Tungsten
Zinc
Zirconium
Selenium
Uranium
|
%
.062400
4.180000
.003500
Undeclared
Trace
.211000
.000014
.000005
1.564200
.000142
.164200
.000006
.074876
Trace
.000012
.000293
.000531
.000033
.003516
.000001
.000043
.000004
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Other Elements Present
Bismuth
Beryllium
Niobium
Cadmium
Chromium
Cesium
|
Gallium
Indium
Iridium
Palladium
Platinum
|
Thorium
Radium
Bromine
Cerium
Rhodium
|
Amino-acids present in the protein traction
Asparsic acid
Glutamic acid
Serine
Threonine
Clycine
Alanine
Valine + methionine
Leucine
Isoleucine
Phenylalanine
Tyrosine
Tryptophan
Cystine
Arginine
Proline
Histidine
Lysine
Amide Nitrogen
|
8.7%
5.3%
3.3%
2.7%
5.7%
5.0%
14.0%
8.7%
No figures available
No figures available
0.5%
No figures available
No figures available
11.8%
Trace amounts only
0.0%
4.1%
59.8%
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