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Purple laver — Ingredient · Foodgeist

Ingredient

Purple laver

Porphyra is a cold water seaweed that grows in cold shallow sea water. More specifically, it is a foliose red algal genus of laver, comprising approximately 70 species. It grows in the intertidal zone, typically between the upper intertidal zone and the splash zone in cold waters

Purple laver

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Porphyra is a cold water seaweed that grows in cold shallow sea water. More specifically, it is a foliose red algal genus of laver, comprising approximately 70 species. It grows in the intertidal zone, typically between the upper intertidal zone and the splash zone in cold waters of temperate oceans. In East Asia, it is used to produce the sea vegetable products nori (in Japan) and gim (in Korea). There are considered to be 60 to 70 species of Porphyra worldwide and seven in the British Isles.

Aroma profile

Derived from this ingredient’s flavor compounds

fresh×6

aromatic×6

mint×4

camphoraceous×4

grassy×4

pungent×4

cooling×3

menthol×3

Taste profile

Derived from this ingredient's compounds · measured taste classes

bittersweet

Composition

60 compounds identified — cross-referenced scientific databases

(-)-jasmonoyl-l-isoleucine(-)-menthone (-)-phaseollidin (-)-sativan (-)-vestitol (+)-1(10),4-cadinadiene(+)-7-iso-jasmonate(+)-cis-abscisic aldehyde (+)-marmesin (+)-neomenthol (+)-pulegone(+)-taxifolin(±)-menthone(2-trans-6-trans)-farnesoate (2e,6e)-farnesol(2e)-2-butylidene-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2h)-furanone(2e)-2-ethylidene-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2h)-furanone

Molecular affinity

Pairs well with — ingredients that share aroma compounds

Arctic Blackberry

Japanese Chestnut

Evergreen Huckleberry

Black Huckleberry

Tronchuda cabbage

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