Can dogs eat Mozuku seaweed?
Mozuku seaweed（もずく）
Safe to feed
A seaweed with the soluble fiber behind its slippery texture.
4 kcal per 100 g
What kind of food is this?
A thin, thread-like seaweed. At 4 kcal per 100 g, it is the lightest food among the fish-and-seafood entries in this dictionary. It contains fucoidan, a soluble fiber that creates its slipperiness.
Iodine is 140 µg—on the modest side for a seaweed. Its strength is supplying soluble fiber, which meat and fish do not contain, from a seaweed.
How to serve
When using salt-preserved mozuku, soak out the salt thoroughly before use.
Nutrition
Mozuku seaweed (per 100 g, raw)
Source: Japan (8th ed.)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 4 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 0.2 g |
| Fat | 0.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 1.4 g |
| Calcium | 22 mg |
| Phosphorus | 2 mg |
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| Fiber | 1.4 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 97.7 g |
| Sodium | 90 mg |
| Potassium | 2 mg |
| Magnesium | 12 mg |
| Iron | 0.7 mg |
| Zinc | 0.3 mg |
| Copper | 0.02 mg |
| Iodine | 140 µg |
| Selenium | − |
| Manganese | 0.03 mg |
| Vitamin A | 15 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0.1 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.1 µg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
| EPA | 0 mg |
| DHA | 0 mg |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | 0 mg |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
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