Product Description

Chia seeds are the edible seeds ofSalvia hispanica, a flowering plant in themintfamily (Lamiaceae). Chia seeds are oval and gray with black and white spots, having a diameter around 2 millimeters(0.*8 in). The seeds are hygroscopic, absorbing up to *2 times their weight in liquid when soaked and developing amucilaginouscoating that gives chia-based foods and beverages a distinctivegeltexture.