Premium quality dried seaweed: Undaria pinnatifida. Wakame is a fat free food. Non GMO Project verified. nongmoproject.org. Verified Non-GMO by the Non-GMO Project. Ready to use. Wakame is a type of kelp closely related to another popular seaweed, kombu. Emerald Cove Pacific Ready to Use Wakame is cultivated on rope nets spread between posts planted in the sea bed in the shallow areas off the south shore of the Shandong Peninsula in North China, near Korea. The cultivation process is similar to Nori cultivation except that with Nori the spores are started in shallow pool on shore, and then transplanted to the water. Eighty percent of all wakame consumed Japan now comes from China and Korea. After harvesting, it is briefly washed and cut convenient ready-to-use pieces. These pieces are laid out to dry in sun for several days, then machine dried before packaging. www.great-eastern-sun.com. Resealable bag Product of China.

Wakame (undaria Pinnatifida) Seaweed

To prepare, rinse briefly and soak in fresh water for 5 minutes, draining promptly.