AGRIKAN Jurnal Ilmiah Agribisnis dan Perikanan
Vol 13, No 2 (2020)

Nutritional Composition of Seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii

Siti Khotijah (Program Studi Budidaya Perairan, FPK, Universitas Khairun, Ternate)
Muhammad Irfan (Program Studi Budidaya Perairan, FPK, Universitas Khairun, Ternate)
Fatma Muchdar (Program Studi Budidaya Perairan, FPK, Universitas Khairun, Ternate)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Dec 2020

Abstract

Seaweed is one of the important marine commodities and is a leading commodity. Seaweed K. alvarezii is a type of carrageenan-producing seaweed, as a food source for humans, pharmaceutical ingredients, as a thickener, stabilizer and emulsion.Carrageenan is used in food products, pharmaceuticals, textile cosmetics, toothpaste and other industries. Seaweed has a fairly complete nutritional content. Chemically seaweed consists of water (27.8%), protein (5.4%), carbohydrate (33.3%), fat (8.6%), crude fiber (3%), and ash (22.5%). This review article aims to reveal the nutritional composition of seaweed K. alvarezii, especially protein, amino acids, fat, ash content, minerals and vitamins. Seaweed  K. alvarezii has nutritional composition values such as protein, amino acids, fat, ash content, minerals and vitamins that vary in nutritional value.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

AGRIKAN

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Bidang kajian dimuat meliputi agribisnis, teknologi budidaya, sumberdaya perikanan, kelautan, sosial ekonomi kelautan dan perikanan, bioteknologi perikanan. Sejak tahun 2017 mulai diterbitkan secara elektronik kerjasama Pusat Studi Pesisir dan Pulau-Pulau Kecil, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Pertanian Wuna ...