Pasta is a complex multi component system consisting of biomacromolecules
such as proteins, carbohydrates and lipids (Kill, 2001).
Pasta is a source of carbohydrates (74–77%, db) whose interest is
increasing due to its nutritional properties, in particular due to its low
glycemic index (GI). Wakame (U. pinnatifida), one of the widely consumed
brown seaweed is rich in fucoxanthin (Miyashita, & Hosokawa,
2008). Fucoxanthin is a xanthophyll characteristic of brown seaweed
and is the most abundant among aquatic carotenoids accounting for
more than 10% of estimated total natural production of carotenoids.