Table 1. Proximate composition of brown seaweeds from HHGDM and FDM

Sample name	Drying method	Ash	Moisture	Lipid	Protein	Polysaccharide
Padina arborescens	HHGDM	13.30 ± 0.08	8.98 ± 0.77	5.50 ± 0.50	15.2 ± 0.20	54.82 ± 2.60
	FDM	13.63 ± 0.55	8.21 ± 0.77	3.80 ± 0.49	19.09 ± 0.93	54.62 ± 3.00
Sargassum autumnale	HHGDM	14.98 ± 0.11	11.01 ± 0.79	2.08 ± 0.51	14.91 ± 0.17	55.61 ± 3.20
	FDM	14.44 ± 0.49	9.46 ± 0.64	2.00 ± 1.30	15.70 ± 0.69	55.41 ± 3.40
Sargassum thunbergii	HHGDM	14.49 ± 0.05	11.95 ±0.86	5.20 ± 1.30	8.62 ± 0.29	55.81 ± 3.40
	FDM	15.00 ± 0.17	10.96 ±1.20	5.00 ± 0.50	9.34 ± 0.19	55.61 ± 2.90
Ishige okamurae	HHGDM	16.57 ± 0.06	9.76 ± 0.86	4.30 ± 1.30	11.52 ± 0.31	56.59 ± 3.40
	FDM	16.43 ± 0.06	8.15 ± 0.69	1.40 ± 0.50	10.46 ± 0.42	52.20 ± 3.30

Experiments were carried out in triplicate, and the results are represented as mean ± SD.
HHGDM, hybrid hot-water Goodle drying method; FDM, freeze drying method.