Benefits of Glasswort

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Usefulness of Glasswort cannot be summarized in a sentence or two. It is as recent as in 2001 that the plant is registered as food, like kelp and seaweed. According to Food Sanitation Act on revised in 2004, the efficacy and effects of the Glasswort should not be inscribed commercially.


Main ingredient of Glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.)		Nutrition ingredient comparison of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L .) and general vegetables

Most of the information about the utility of the plant prevalent in the Internet is not verified. The effectiveness of the plant has been unveiled quite recently, thanks to active study of the plant.

(Proximate compositions and Salt in Glasswort) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .g/100g

Items	Portion
Items	leaf	stem	root
Moisture	90.9(2.4)	73.9(2.9)	66.2(1.7)
Crude protein	1.6(16.5)	2.0(7.6)	2.0(5.7)
Crude lipid	0.2(2.6)	0.3(1.3)	0.3(1.0)
Crude ash	4.7(50.0)	6.1(22.6)	6.2(18.0)
Salt	3.3(35.3)	3.9(14.4)	2.8(8.0)

Data of National Fisheries Research & Development Institute(Lee Duseok, Min Jingi)

Hamcho(Glasswort), the rich repository of various nutriments

Dasarang has studied Hamcho(slander glasswort) for three years from May 2009 to May 2007 to develop it systematically and scientifically into functional food for health, with the assistance of the Ministry of Agriculture As shown in the table above, slander glasswort (Hamcho in Korea) contains dozens of nutrients including minerals and amino acid. It has three times of mineral than garlic, spinach and broccoli, and 20 times than dropwort, which makes it one of the most useful plant for man.


Amino acid ingredient of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.)		Saponin compound structure of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.)

Dasarng, to unveil the utility of glasswort more scientifically, has now under the clinical test as the second stage of the study, successfully completing the animal experience. We firmly believe that development of slander glasswort (Hamcho) will greatly contribute to the 21st century food industry.


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