Sea Vegetable
Mekabu
Mekabu is the ruffled sporophyll of wakame—slippery, mucilaginous, and deeply marine-sweet when soaked. Sold dried or salted, it thickens slightly in soups and salads and is prized in Japanese breakfast bowls. Soak to rehydrate, rinse, and chop; dress with soy and vinegar or add to miso soup. Not a separate seaweed species: it is a part of the wakame plant.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.51 g
- Saturated Fat 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.11 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 920 mg
- Salt 2.56 g
- Total Carbohydrate 5.78 g
- Dietary Fibre 3.99 g
- Total Sugars 0.47 g
- Complex / starch 0.52 g
- Protein 4.15 g
- Water 84 g
- Energy 36.4 kcal
- Water 84 g
- Carbohydrates 5.78 g
- Protein 4.15 g
- Fat 0.51 g
- Saturated Fat 0.1 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.11 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2 g
- Omega-3 0.02 g
- Vitamins 97 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.06 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.13 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.33 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.06 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 54.3 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.53 mg
- Vitamin K 21.2 µg
- Minerals 1256 mg
- Major Minerals 1254 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 2.56 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.06 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.23 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.13 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.33 · vitamin-b6: 0.06 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 54.3 · vitamin-e: 0.53 · vitamin-k: 21.2 ·
Minerals
Mekabu of Wakame: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Japanese cooks used mekabu as a distinct wakame product for its slippery texture.
Dried and salted mekabu packs became a standard grocery cut of wakame.
Health-food interest spread mekabu salads beyond Japan.