How many kinds of seaweed salad do we have?

We currently have three types of seaweed salads available:
(1) with additives, (2) without additives, and (3) all natural.

Let us know which one interests you!

Call us at 1.877.PIK.PAPA (1.877.745.7272)!

How Seaweed Salad Benefits you!

So how exactly does eating seaweed salad benefit your health?

Well, first, the main ingredient -- seaweed -- has been proven to help you lose weight. It does this by reducing fat accumulation.

Another ingredient -- garlic -- has long been used in traditional medicines to cure and prevent illness. Modern Western science research on garlic shows that it primarly helps with illnesses by regularting your immune system. An article publishied in the Journal of the National Medical Association explains that garlic boosts your immune system by helping your body eliminate dangerous free radicals and heavy-metal intoxication.

Ginger, another seaweed salad staple, has also been used in traditional remedies. The University of Maryland Medical Center found that ginger is used to relieve mild upset stomach and is given to patients who are nauseated or vomiting.

Last but not least, an unexpected ingredient in seaweed salad -- apple -- contains high concentrations of healthy chemicals called phytochemicals. They may decrease the risks of developing chronic diseases such as cancer, heart diseases, and diabetes, according to a review paper published by The Department of Food Science at Cornell University. The phytochemicals have been found to act as strong antioxidants -- removing dangerous free radicals from your body -- and as cancer cell inhibitors -- stopping the growth of cancer cells.

So now that you know seaweed salad not only tastes good, but it burns fat, boosts your immune system, aids in digestion, and reduces your risk of chronic diseases, won't you try some of our delicious, all natural seaweed salad?

Our Fruit Caviar Products

We currently only offer orange fruit caviar, but will be producing black, green, blue, and red fruit caviar! Call us at 1.877.PIK.PAPA (1.877.745.7272) to place an order or for more information.

Orange fruit caviar

Black fruit caviar

Green fruit caviar

Blue fruit caviar

Red fruit caviar

Yellow fruit caviar



Our Seaweed Salad: Production & Sanitation

With the HACCP Plan, we only provide our clients with valuable seaweed salad we can serve to our family!

Our reliable process for eliminating and removing chemical and physical hazards from our seaweed salad.



The HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points) is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical safety that addresses physical, chemical, and biological hazards as a means of prevention rather than finished product inspection. This system is used at all stages of food production and preparation processes, including packaging, distribution, etc. Unlike the traditional "produce and test" quality control methods which are less successful and inappropriate for highly perishable foods, HACCP has been recognized internationally as a logical tool for adapting traditional inspection methods to a modern, science-based, food safety system.

Read more about the HACCP here.

Certification for the quality control management that guarantees our fresh and safe products.

Our Fruit Caviar

What is fruit caviar, you may ask? As you may have guessed from the name, fruit caviar isn't quite like the staggeringly expensive Beluga caviar nor the $2.85 jar of lumpfish that you can get down at the supermarket that even the cat won't touch. It doesn't even look like caviar. True, it's made up of small, round balls, but instead of being black or gray or salmon colored, they're pink or bright green or strawberry red or any of a range of other hues. And as to the smell, one whiff confirms that these never came from anywhere near a fish. Put some in your mouth and the delicate membranes pop; releasing not a salty, fishy flavor, but the taste of grapefruit or strawberries or mangoes.

It's pretty obvious at this point that making fruit caviar hasn't anything to do with sturgeons and the like, so where does it come from? The answer lies in chemistry (molecular gastronomy) and the key is a substance known as sodium alginate, which is a commercial thickener derived from seaweed and used in everything from ice cream to stomach tablets. When less than one half of one percent by weight of sodium alginate is added to a liquid, such as tomato juice or puréed blueberries, and then the mixture is added drop by drop to a bowl of water containing calcium chloride, a reaction occurs and each drop forms a tight membrane that looks and feels like that of caviar. It even pops in your mouth like caviar! What you use as a base for the liquid doesn't matter. It can be anything from borscht to Cointreau. So long as it's edible, the pH value isn't too extreme, and you remember to strain the juice beforehand, then you can pretty much use whatever you like.

Ready to try some? Then follow the recipe below:

Ingredients:
~ 1 cup paprika oleoresin (extract) for color

~ 1 teaspoon (2.0 g) sodium alginate (Note: Different brands of sodium alginate have different thickening properties. Start with ½ teaspoon of the sodium alginate and add more if needed.)

~ 1 cup water

~ 1 teaspoon (2.5 g) calcium chloride

Preparation:
~ In a small bowl, add sodium alginate to extract, gradually sprinkling it into the extract and whisking the mixture. This can be done by hand mixing or by use of an immersion blender. If the sodium alginate does not dissolve in room temperature extract, some gentle heating of the mixture may be required.

~ The sodium alginate-extract mixture will be thickened, but it should not be a gel. If too thick, add additional extract.

~ Combine water and calcium chloride in a bowl, stirring to dissolve.

~ Pour the extract mixture into a plastic squeeze bottle or large syringe and drip it into the water until the bottom of the bowl is covered in a solid layer of spheres. Let sit one minute.

~ Use a strainer to scoop the spheres out of the liquid or place a strainer over a second bowl, then pour the contents of the first bowl through the strainer.

~ Rinse the pearls in the strainer with fresh water and transfer to a kitchen towel to dry.

~ Repeat until you run out of extract.

~ Serve within an hour, because it will gel all the way through with time. Not bad, but not as exciting as having the spheres pop to let the interior liquid out.

Our Seaweed Salad Products & Partners

Want to make an order?

View our seaweed products below and call us at 1.877.PIK.PAPA (1.877.745.7272) to make an order or for more information:

Wakame Products

W01: 1.5 in Single Serving Wakame (15g)

W02

W03

W04: Happy Wakame,
7 single serving sizes (65g)

W05: 7 in Wakame (20g)

W06

W07




Kombu Products

K01: Cut Kombu (80g)

K02

K03

K04

K05

K06

K07

K08: Kombu Tablet (200g)

K09

Seaweed Stem Products

S01: Hijiki (50g)

S02



S03

S04: Convenient Single Serving Size Wakame (25g)

S05: Wando Wakame,
5 Single Serving Sizes (150g)

S06: Convenient Single Serving Size
Shrimp & Wakame Soup (25g)

S07: Dried Kombu wrap

S08: Stem of Wakame (40g)

Sauces and Seasonings

F01

F02

F03

Some of our current partners:

Our Seaweed Salad

Seaweed salad is a traditional Asian dish and is generally made up of wakame seaweed, rice vinegar, garlic, scallions, soy sauce, ginger, sesame seeds, sesame oil and sugar. The main ingredients of seaweed salad has many health benefits. For example, seaweed assists in shedding fat, while ginger helps your digestive system and garlic boosts your immune system. Now, lets try making some!

Ingredients:

~ 3/8 oz dried wakame
~ 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
~ 3 tablespoons rice vinegar (without seasoning)
~ 1 teaspoon sugar
~ 2 tablespoons sesame oil
~ 2 scallions, thinly sliced
~ 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger
~ 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds

Preparation:

~ Soak dried wakame in warm water for about 5-8 minutes.
~ Drain and place in a bowl of water. Quickly remove and plunge into cold water.
~ Mix vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and ginger in a bowl until sugar is dissolved.
~ Mix wakame and dressing.
~ Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and scallions.
~ Chill in fridge prior to serving.

Tip:

~ Instead of wakame try using chewy strips of kombu if you prefer a more intense flavor.