Classic seaweed재래김 · Jaerae
The everyday snack sheet. Thin, tender and rich. If you try one, try this.
- Texture
- Delicate, melts in the mouth
- Taste
- Savoury, slightly sweet
- Eat with
- Rice, or on its own
Our seaweed · 김 GIM
Korean seaweed, roasted fresh.
In Korea, roasted seaweed is called gim (김, say “geem”) and it’s eaten every day. Here’s what it is, where it comes from, and why fresh tastes better.
What is Korean seaweed (gim)?
A sea vegetable, dried into paper-thin sheets.
Korean roasted seaweed — gim (김, say “geem”) — is made from a sea vegetable called laver. Korean farmers grow it on long ropes in the sea each winter, when the water is cold and clean.
After harvest it is washed, chopped and dried into thin sheets — a bit like making paper. Koreans have been doing this for hundreds of years.
Then comes the best part: roasting. Our automatic roaster coats each sheet with oil and a pinch of salt, then toasts it in seconds until it’s crispy and fragrant. Because that crunch fades within a few days, we roast ours fresh every day.
Three kinds we roast김 세 가지
Shop by typeGreen seaweed파래김 · Parae
Mixed with green sea lettuce, so it smells fresher and tastes a little more of the sea.
- Texture
- Light and airy
- Taste
- Fresh, grassy, a little bitter
- Eat with
- Soup, rice or a cold beer
Gimbap seaweed sheets김밥김
Thicker and stronger, with no oil or salt, so it holds rice without tearing. We use it for every roll.
- Texture
- Firm and sturdy
- Taste
- Clean and plain
- Eat with
- Making gimbap at home
Why it’s good for you김이 좋은 이유
~30%
Protein
Dried seaweed sheets are around one-third protein by weight.
I
Minerals
A natural source of iodine, plus iron, calcium and potassium.
<10kcal
Light
A whole plain sheet has fewer than 10 calories.
A · C
Vitamins
Contains vitamins A and C, fibre and lots of natural savoury flavour.
General information about seaweed. Exact values vary; our packs show tested nutrition labels.
From the sea to your plate바다에서 식탁까지
ㄱGrow
Seaweed grows on ropes in the cold sea, November to March.
ㄴDry
It’s washed, chopped and dried into thin sheets.
ㄷSeason
In our shop, the roasting machine coats each sheet with oil and salt.
ㄹRoast
It passes through the heat in seconds and comes out crispy.
ㅁEnjoy
Rolled into your lunch in minutes, or packed the same day.