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Like kombu, kelp is used in soups and stews, stir-fried with vegetables, or cooked with beans or grains. It cooks quickly and dissolves in longer-cooking dishes. It contains a natural glutamic acid, a tenderizer that helps beans cook quickly and makes them more digestible. It also contains alginic acid, a substance used as a thickening and stabilizing agent in food production. Kelp can be pre-soaked or added dry to foods with liquids. Kelp absorbs up to five times its weight in liquid.
Kelp (raw, seaweed), 1/8 cup (2 Tbsp)
Calories: 4.3
Protein: 0.17g
Carbohydrate: 0.96g
Total Fat: 0.05g
Fiber: 0.13g
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