Sea vegetable. Wild, hand harvested. Wild Kombu - a wide leaf sea vegetable from Arctic current bathed beds off Japan's northern Hokkaido Island, the source of the world's best kombu. This is trimmed, central part of the leaf that is best providing umami flavor and smooth texture. Highly valued for its flavor enhancing characteristics and unique nutritional value, kombu has been known to be a health food for many centuries. Kombu is essential to Dashi, the famous Japanese noodle broth, but it can be added to any soup, soup stock, or stew to bring out pleasing flavor. Stew vegetables with kombu. Pickle, deep-fry, pan or oven roast it then grind into a powder for a tasty and most nourishing condiment for the table. Sprinkle it on popcorn as a low-sodium, delicious rewarding variation. edenfoods.com. Over 1,140 free recipes: edenfoods.com. Product of Japan.