Red seaweed, also known as porphyra, can help soften skin and red seaweed soap is ideally suited for foot baths.

Porphyra is also called laver in the UK and is the seaweed used to make nori.

The seaweed grows to a length of 5 to 15 cm and is harvested in the spring and the summer in the lower intertidal zone.

The people of the Arctic prize porphyra as a vegetable due to its high contents of vitamins and minerals.