Japanese Nori - Dried Sea Vegetable (Untoasted)

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• Product Info
• Nutritional Info
• How to Use

• Ingredients: Dried Sea vegetable (Pyropia yezoensis)

  Due to the nature of the product, this pack may contain a trace amount of fish, molluscs and/or crustaceans.
  

  Product weight: 25g

  Called "hoshi nori" in Japanese, these purple looking sheets require a brief toasting by unfolding the sheet and holding it over a gas flame or electric burner until it begins to turn green. They make an ideal snack or wrapping for rice or sushi rolls.

  Torn or cut with scissors into thin strips, nori makes a tasty garnish for grain, noodle and vegetable dishes as well as soups and salads.

  Like many foods, nori is available in different qualities. Lesser grades are a dull, purplish-black colour and lack the vibrant sheen of Clearspring Japanese Nori whose fine, even texture and translucent, deep-green colour are proof of its excellent quality.

  Producing Clearspring Nori

  Clearspring Nori sea vegetable is farmed and produced using traditional methods in Kyushu, Japan. While some varieties of sea vegetables such as hijiki, arame and dulse are harvested from the wild using sustainable practices, others such as nori are extensively cultivated in Japan and other East Asian countries.

  Although originally gathered wild, nori has been cultivated in Japan for over 300 years. Nets made of woven rope impregnated with nori spores are suspended each year between long bamboo poles set deep into the calm, shallow bays. The height of each net is carefully set so that it remains above the water level during low tide, giving the growing nori maximum sunlight, but below the water level, so the plants receive a regular washing, at high tide.

  During the colder months, the delicate nori plants will grow until they cover the entire net. In late winter they are harvested and brought ashore, where they are washed, cut, made into thin sheets and dried.

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  Product Code: CS540
• • High in Protein
  • Low Sugar
  • Low in Saturated Fat

  • High in Fibre

  Nutritional Information

  Typical values	g per 100g
  Energy kJ:	1297
  Energy kCal:	311
  Fat:	4.8
  of which saturates:	1.5
  Carbohydrate:	2.7
  of which sugars:	1.7
  Fibre:	34
  Protein:	47
  Salt:	0.97

  Vitamins and Minerals

  Typical values	g per 100g
  Iodine:	3678 µg (2452% DRI*)

  Dietary Status

  Yeast Free

  Free of Added Alcohol

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• To prepare, briefly toast each sheet over a gas flame or electric burner until it turns a vibrant green. Use to make sushi rolls, cut with scissors into quarters for wrapping rice balls or cut into thin strips for a tasty garnish for grains, noodles, soups and salads. Try it in one of our recipes: Crunchy Nori Bundles with Peanut Dressing or use for wrapping Tempura fried vegetable.

  For more recipes please see our recipe page.