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★★★★☆
Taste great but shell bits hurt teeth.
Tastes great on salads, nice and salty sea weed flavor. The only problem was all the sea shell pieces I had in my bag of flakes. At first I thought it was just dirt from the lettuce so I washed my lettuce and herbs like crazy to make sure and I was still getting hard dirt like pieces. So after almost chipping a tooth I was able to take the piece out and it looks identical to a shell (shiny on one side, dark on the other). So I then realized that I only had this issue this past week when I added the dulse flakes to my salad. Unfortunately I added to a smoothie the first 2 times I used this so that means I just drank the shell bits without knowing. So, I then looked at the bag and was able to see small shell bits through the clear bag even (the lighter piece in the photo). I wish there was a disclaimer on the bag about "this may contain shell pieces" so I had a heads up. Argh, at least this is affordable. I'm going to try the sheets next time. :/
UPDATED: 7/5/16
Updated from 2 to 4 stars. My second bag of flakes was much better. Hardly any shell bits compared to the last bag and none that hurt or chipped any teeth. I love these, just have to be careful for any shell bits or pebbles because I did chip a tooth from my first bag. I do now see the disclaimer on the back of the bag at the end of the first paragraph. I still don't see one on the Amazon page for the small Flakes, but I did on the page for the larger pieces.
June 2016 · Grocery and Gourmet Food · verified purchase