Table 2.

The nutritional composition of the four intervention diets. Twenty percent (weight-percent) dried seaweed was mixed with 80% chow (Altromin type 1324, Lage, Germany). The control diet was 100% chow made from the same batch.

	Alaria esculenta	Saccharina latissima	Palmaria palmata	Control
Energy KJ/100 g	1324	1301.6	1326	1385.9
Carbohydrates %	52.3	52.2	51.4	53.4
Protein %	18.4	17.4	19.2	19.2
Fat %	3.3	3.2	3.4	4.1