First Grade Dried Kelp Ma Konbu Hakodate 500gMa Konbu Dried Kelp (Hakodate) 500g What is Ma Kombu? Ma kombu Is known as high grade. Slightly sweet. Dashi colour is clear. If you've ever seen or bought kombu and it's had a white powder coating it, it's easy to think that it's bad quality, dirty or sea salt, however, it isn't. So what is it? It's actually glutamic umami called Mannit. They are nutrients derived from kombu and have no harm to the body. When kombu starts to dry out, water evaporates