Slake
(Reguidit frae Porphyra umbilicalis)
| Porphyra umbilicalis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Porphyra umbilicalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Phylum: | Rhodophyta |
| Cless: | Rhodophyceae |
| Order: | Bangiales |
| Faimily: | Bangiaceae |
| Genus: | Porphyra |
| Species: | P. umbilicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Porphyra umbilicalis | |
| Nutreetional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 146 kJ (35 kcal) |
5.11 g | |
| Succars | 0.49 g |
| Dietary fibre | 0.3 g |
0.28 g | |
5.81 g | |
| Vitamins | |
| Vitamin A equiv. | (33%) 260 μg(29%) 3121 μg |
| Thiamine (B1) | (9%) 0.098 mg |
| Riboflavin (B2) | (37%) 0.446 mg |
| Niacin (B3) | (10%) 1.47 mg |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) | (10%) 0.521 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | (12%) 0.159 mg |
| Folate (B9) | (37%) 146 μg |
| Vitamin C | (47%) 39 mg |
| Vitamin E | (7%) 1 mg |
| Vitamin K | (4%) 4 μg |
| Meenerals | |
| Calcium | (7%) 70 mg |
| Airn | (14%) 1.8 mg |
| Manganese | (47%) 0.988 mg |
| Phosphorus | (8%) 58 mg |
| Potassium | (8%) 356 mg |
| Sodium | (3%) 48 mg |
| Zinc | (11%) 1.05 mg |
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| Percentages is approximate uisin US Dietary Reference Intake for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database | |
Slake is the name gien tae sindry species o eatable fresh- an saut-watter algae that conteins a heich amoont o meeneral sauts, in parteecular iodine an airn. It is smuith an fine, aften clappit tae rocks. Slake is common aboot the wast coast o Breetain an the east coast o Ireland alang the Erse Sea.
Whan bylt it forms a jeely an can be etten o breid insteid o butter. It can be ceukit in soup cried slake-kail.
Species o slake fund aboot Scotland is Enteromorpha prolifera, Gloeocapsa magma, Monostroma grevillei, sindy species o Gracilaria kent as Reid-slake, Enteromorpha intestinalis kent as watter puddins, Ulva lactuca kent as green slake, an Porphyra laciniata an Porphyra umbilicalis baith kent as slake-kail.