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This study compares the nutritional properties of\n                      <jats:italic>Salicornia bigelovii<\/jats:italic>\n                      tips at early and late vegetative stage (VS), and explores their culinary potential, thereby leveraging the crop's utility and benchmarking it against freshwater\u2010based crops. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed for 11\n                      <jats:italic>S. bigelovii<\/jats:italic>\n                      genotypes to explore the shifts in the association among nutritional parameters between early and late VS and to identify genotypes with good nutritional profile.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Salicornia bigelovii<\/jats:italic>\n                      tips harvested from an early and late VS were characterized by rich nutritional profile compared to spinach and asparagus, highlighting their value as food crops. The early VS was richer mainly in vitamins (vitamin C and D) and had a higher essential amino acids content, as well as a lower minerals content, especially Na. The late VS increased its nutritional quality in terms of total dietary fiber, carbohydrates, protein content, ash content, minerals, vitamin B3 and richer composition of amino acids. PCA revealed a more spread\u2010out pattern for the early VS compared to a more compact cluster of the traits for the late VS\n                      <jats:italic>.<\/jats:italic>\n                      Genotypes ICBA\u201010 and ICBA\u201026 at the early VS and ICBA\u20109 at the late VS distinguished with a potentially favorable nutritional profile.\n                      <jats:italic>Salicornia bigelovii<\/jats:italic>\n                      tips exhibited strong culinary versatility.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The findings demonstrate distinct nutritional profiles between the early and late VS of\n                      <jats:italic>S. bigelovii<\/jats:italic>\n                      , providing opportunities to tailor harvest timing for different food applications that could support healthy dietary patterns and diverse lifestyles in the face of emerging global salinity challenges. \u00a9 2026 Society of Chemical Industry.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jsfa.70977","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,20]],"date-time":"2026-08-20T11:22:37Z","timestamp":1787224957000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Deep dive into the food potential of\n                    <scp>\n                      <i>Salicornia bigelovii<\/i>\n                    <\/scp>\n                    by comparing its nutritional value between its growth stages and with freshwater\u2010based crops"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4908-6066","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dionysia\u2010Angeliki","family":"Lyra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) \/ Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) Saline Agriculture Expert Consultant, FAO  Rome Italy"},{"name":"International Center for Biosaline Agriculture  Dubai UAE"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3951-7712","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Meis","family":"Moukayed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Arts &amp; 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