Green Caviar: The Oceans Tiny Luxury

The Editors, 16.03.2026

What is green caviar? Discover the seaweed known as sea grapes — a delicacy prized for its popping texture, ocean flavour and nutritional benefits.

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Small, bright-green beads arranged like miniature grapes along a slender stem — green caviar may resemble fish roe, but it is in fact a seaweed. Known scientifically as Caulerpa lentillifera and called umibudō in Japan, the marine algae has long been a delicacy across the coastal cuisines of the Indo-Pacific.

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