Seaweed Snacks for Kids

Do you know that the most nutrient-dense vegetable on Earth doesn’t grow on land? It grows in the oceans—and it does it thirty times faster than land-grown veggies!

Seaweed is a true culinary, nutritional, and environmental miracle that can transform your family’s diet, while also protecting the health of the oceans and fighting climate change.

This superfood has more vitamin C than oranges, more iron than spinach, and is packed with omega-3’s, minerals, antioxidants, vitamins B12, A, K and iodine. It also has that “crunch” factor, which makes it the perfect healthy snack for your family.

A climate-friendly option, seaweed is a quick-growing vegetable that is a zero input food because it doesn’t need fresh water, land, or chemicals to grow AND it helps coral reefs stay healthy. In addition, studies are now exploring seaweed’s ability to capture and “sink” large carbon emissions from the atmosphere if they stay in the water. In a nutshell, seaweed has a fundamentally important role in maintaining a balanced climate on Earth.

For thousands of years, it’s been enjoyed in Asia, and now we are on a mission to spread the word about its potential because it can transform the food systems, the oceans, the future of the planet, and people’s health. What we put on our plates has an impact on the world!

Being an adventurous eater and raising one at home is crucial on so many personal and societal levels — we talk more about it here and here. Trying new tastes and foods is the first step towards acquiring a rich and informed palate. Here are three SEA-riously delicious snack goodies that are very nutritious for kids:

12 Tides Kelp Chips

The 12 Tides team believes snacks should be delicious, good for you, and good for the planet—and they are not willing to settle for anything less. These puffed kelp chips pack an umami kick and satisfying crunch while nourishing your body and restoring our oceans. When you pop open a bag of kelp chips, you're diving into a savory, healthy way to make a big impact on our oceans.

Blue Evolution Organic Seaweed Popcorn

Just like us, Blue Evolution loves snacking, which led them to a brilliant idea. They paired their love for seaweed with one of their favorite whole-grain, low-caloric, and high-fiber snacks to create the brand new Organic Seaweed Popcorn. Yes, you read that right—seaweed popcorn! By farming seaweed, Blue Evolution sustainably sources nutrition from the ocean, reduces dependence on freshwater for food production, and fights ocean acidification, while also providing us with nutritious snacks.

gimMe Organic Premium Roasted Seaweed

gimMe Organic is a family company with a real passion for creating healthy and sustainable superfood snacks that taste great. They are on a mission to turn seaweed—the most delicious, nutritious, and environmentally-sustainable vegetable in the world—into an absolute snacking sensation. They see seaweed as a delicious canvas with endless possibilities and we can see that through their various seaweed flavors—teriyaki, sesame, avocado oil, and sea salt! The best part for parents is that every 10g pack of gimMe seaweed delivers a full serving of veggies!

Satisfying crunchiness, amazing flavor, healthful nutrients, and climate-friendly—seaweed snacks have it all!

And one last tip before you go — fried seaweed can taste like BACON! Curious to learn more about seaweed? Click here!