NUTRITION INFORMATION:

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  • PROTEIN (31.1-32.6%)

  • FAT (0.9-2.3%)

  • POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID EPA (EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID, C20:5 N-3, OMEGA 3) WERE SPECIFIC FOR THIS COLD WATER SPECIES, COMPARED TO TROPIC SPECIES.

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  • HIGHEST LEVELS OF AMINO ACID TAURINE (23 MG/100 MG)

  • HIGHEST LEVELS OF AMINO ACID GLYCINE (0.86 MG/100 MG)

  • HIGH LEVELS OF VITAMINS B2, B3 AND E, AS WELL AS PRESENCE OF Β-CAROTENE, A PRECURSOR FOR VITAMIN A WERE ALSO DETECTED.

 

  • HIGHEST MINERAL LEVELS OF:

  • NA (167 076,00 MG/KG),

  • CA (25 651,70 MG/KG),

  • MG (5 200,20 MG/KG),

  • P (2 039,40 MG/KG),

  • FE (50,47 MG/KG) AND

  • ZN (37,30 MG/KG). 

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Ringvold, Halldis & Kjerstad, Margareth. (2017). Norwegian red sea cucumber, Parastichopus tremulus (Gunnerus, 1767) (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata): chemical and nutritional analysis.

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