Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
Chia seeds come from a salvia plant called salvia hispanica L.. They are an amazing superfood, thickener, and textural drink additive that is gluten-free. Excellent as a means of thickening without starches.
Benefits
Chia seeds are a serious superfood. 28g (1 oz.) packs 40% of your daily dietary fiber and 9% of your protein! It’s high in polyunsaturated fats and linoleic, and alpha-linolenic fatty acids. The majority of the oil in chia seeds are these omega-3 fatty acids that are beneficial to cardiovascular health, blood pressure, etc.
It’s also high in iron, calcium, and 23% of your daily diet in magnesium.
EXPERIENCE
Chia seeds are a superfood. See more on their health benefits, below.
When chia seeds are immersed in liquid, they release a thick, gelatinous substance. When put in a lot of fruit juice, like the El Salvadoran drink chan, they resemble a more etherial version of the tapioca pearls in bubble tea. If you keep the moisture down, they become a thickener that thickens the liquids around them.
We most commonly see them used, in North America, as the thickener in a vegan chia seed pudding. They can be used, however, to thicken other foods without using glutens, or other substitutes like guar gum, xanthan gum, or agar-agar.
Dry, they are a small seed, about the size of a poppy seed, that can be used as a super-nutrient in granola/granola bars,
Health warning
Do not eat chia seeds dry, other than as a part of a pre-made snack like granola, or other foods where they’re “captured” in honey, maple, or something else. Chia seeds swell on contact with liquids and are very sticky. Making contact with saliva, on their own, they could stick to your throat, and cause you to choke.
If you have dysphagia, a condition where people have difficulty in swallowing, or other you have digestive issues, probably best to avoid dry chia seeds altogether.
TRADITIONAL USES
- Chia seed pudding;
- Chan;
- Dry, in granola bars;
- In smoothies.
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
- Chia Seed White Rice - Soup up your rice with superfood... Nice!;
- Chia seed ice ‘cream’ - Freeze a chia seed pudding with more coconut oil to get a vegan ice ‘cream’;
- Chia seeds in porcini-vegetable broth form a very beef-worthy gravy;
- Soak in framboise overnight, and add to my vodka Chanitini!
THE BACKSTORY
Chia was a food source as early as 3500 BC, cultivated as a major food crop in Mexico, and Guatemala, the ancient Aztecs offered up a tithe of the crops to their gods in religious ceremonies.
AKA
Afrikaans – Anthony’s organiese chia sade, 2.5 lb
Albanian – Anthony’s fara chia organike, 2.5 lb
Amharic – Anthony’s ኦርጋኒክ ቺያ ዘሮች 2.5 ፓውንድ
Arabic – بذور الشيا العضوية من Anthony’s، 2.5 رطل
Armenian – Anthony’s օրգանական չիա սերմեր, 2.5 ֆունտ
Azerbaijani – Anthony’s üzvi chia toxumu, 2.5 funt
Basque – Anthony’s chia hazi ekologikoak, 2.5 libra
Belarusian – Anthony’s арганічныя насенне чыа, 2.5 фунта
Bengali – Anthony’s অর্গানিক চিয়া বীজ, ২.৫ পাউন্ড
Bosnian – Anthony’s organsko chia sjeme, 2.5 lb
Bulgarian – Anthony’s органични семена чиа, 2.5 lb
Catalan – Anthony’s llavors de chia orgàniques, 2.5 lb
Chinese (Simplified) – Anthony’s 有机奇亚籽 2.5磅
Chinese (Traditional) – Anthony’s 有機奇亞籽 2.5磅
Croatian – Anthony’s organsko chia sjeme, 2.5 lb
Czech – Anthony’s organická chia semínka, 2.5 lb
Danish – Anthony’s økologiske chiafrø, 2.5 lb
Dutch – Anthony’s biologische chiazaad, 2.5 lb
English – Anthony’s organic chia seed, 2.5 lbs
Estonian – Anthony’s orgaanilised chia seemned, 2.5 lb
Finnish – Anthony’s luomuchiansiemenet, 2.5 lb
French – graines de chia biologiques Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Galician – Anthony’s sementes de chia orgánicas, 2.5 lb
Georgian – Anthony’s ორგანული ჩიას თესლი, 2.5 ფუნტი
German – Anthony’s Bio-Chiasamen, 2.5 lb
Greek – Anthony’s βιολογικοί σπόροι chia, 2.5 lb
Hebrew – זרעי צ’יה אורגניים של Anthony’s, 2.5 פאונד
Hindi – Anthony’s ऑर्गेनिक चिया बीज, 2.5 पाउंड
Hungarian – Anthony’s bio chia mag, 2.5 lb
Icelandic – Anthony’s lífræn chia fræ, 2.5 lb
Indonesian – Anthony’s biji chia organik, 2.5 lb
Irish – Anthony’s síolta chia orgánacha, 2.5 lb
Italian – semi di chia biologici Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Japanese – Anthony’s オーガニックチアシード 2.5ポンド
Kazakh – Anthony’s органикалық чиа тұқымдары, 2.5 фунт
Khmer – Anthony’s គ្រាប់ឈៀអ័រហ្គានិក 2.5 ផោន
Korean – Anthony’s 유기농 치아씨드 2.5파운드
Lao – Anthony’s ເມັດຊີອາອອການິກ 2.5 ປອນ
Latvian – Anthony’s bioloģiskās čia sēklas, 2.5 lb
Lithuanian – Anthony’s ekologiškos chia sėklos, 2.5 lb
Macedonian – Anthony’s органски чиа семиња, 2.5 lb
Malay – Anthony’s biji chia organik, 2.5 lb
Maltese – Anthony’s żrieragħ chia organiċi, 2.5 lb
Mongolian – Anthony’s органик чиа үр, 2.5 фунт
Nepali – Anthony’s अर्गानिक चिया बीउ, 2.5 पाउन्ड
Norwegian – Anthony’s økologiske chiafrø, 2.5 lb
Pashto – Anthony’s عضوي چیا تخمونه 2.5 پونډ
Persian – دانه چیا ارگانیک Anthony’s، 2.5 پوند
Polish – Anthony’s organiczne nasiona chia, 2.5 lb
Portuguese – sementes de chia orgânicas Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Romanian – semințe de chia organice Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Russian – органические семена чиа Anthony’s, 2.5 фунта
Serbian – Anthony’s органско чиа семе, 2.5 lb
Sinhala – Anthony’s කාබනික චියා බීජ, 2.5 පවුන්ඩ්
Slovak – Anthony’s organické chia semienka, 2.5 lb
Slovenian – Anthony’s organska chia semena, 2.5 lb
Spanish – semillas de chía orgánicas Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Swahili – mbegu za chia za kikaboni za Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Swedish – Anthony’s ekologiska chiafrön, 2.5 lb
Tagalog – Anthony’s organikong buto ng chia, 2.5 lb
Tamil – Anthony’s ஆர்கானிக் சியா விதைகள், 2.5 பவுண்ட்
Telugu – Anthony’s ఆర్గానిక్ చియా విత్తనాలు, 2.5 పౌండ్లు
Thai – เมล็ดเชียออร์แกนิก Anthony’s 2.5 ปอนด์
Turkish – Anthony’s organik chia tohumu, 2.5 lb
Ukrainian – органічне насіння чіа Anthony’s, 2.5 фунта
Urdu – Anthony’s آرگینک چیا بیج، 2.5 پاؤنڈ
Uzbek – Anthony’s organik chia urug‘i, 2.5 funt
Vietnamese – hạt chia hữu cơ Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Welsh – hadau chia organig Anthony’s, 2.5 lb
Yiddish – Anthony’s אָרגאַניק טשיאַ זאמען, 2.5 פונט
My Take
You don’t have to be a vegan to enjoy chia seeds. They’re an awesome food source, and really should be part of everyone’s diet. Anthonys does a great job of sourcing top-quality seeds. The 2 lb. bag goes faster than you’d think. There are a lot of companies producing the seeds, but I’m still giving Anthonys a Choicestuff Four Diamond for a great product, and its simple, reusable packaging.
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