Is seaweed the new super snack?

The snacking industry is always fishing for new trends, and it seems seaweed is catching on. 

It’s cheap, and salty and can be easily dried and fashioned into chips and other snack shape. 16 new seaweed snacks have hit the shelves in just the first half of 2013. Because seaweed is rich in B12, iron and protein, these salty treats are being marketed as healthy snacks. So are seaweed snacks really better for us? Yes, but you probably can’t eat just one. While the calorie, salt and fat content on the label is a fraction of traditional chips, so is the serving size. Chip for chip, there’s not much difference.