I've spent years telling you to read labels, ask questions, and never assume "natural" means clean.
When it comes to fish and seafood, this is especially important because there is so much that the label doesn’t tell you.
For example…
Some varieties of fish and seafood are high in mercury. You want to avoid this because mercury is a powerful neurotoxin that accumulates in the brain. It’s especially damaging to children and pregnant women.
(Fish with known high levels of mercury include shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico).
But that is not all you need to look for…
I typically would tell you to avoid most fish and seafood found in grocery stores…
Most fish is raised in farms that use a lot of GMO corn, soy, and antibiotics. Salmon are fed food coloring pellets to make them turn bright pink and left to grow in toxic pools with high levels of chemical pesticides. These pesticides and chemicals can wind up on your plate.
So when I went looking for seafood I could actually trust, I didn't expect the answer to be a farm.
It's how I found Seatopia.
Seatopia works with a small group of farms doing the opposite of all of that. Low-density pens. No antibiotics, hormones, or GMOs. Feed built on micro-algae oils instead of junk.
They control the feed, test the water, and measure what's inside before it ships.
Done this way, farmed can be cleaner than you think. Because they control how the fish are raised, they can prove what's in them.
Then they do the part almost no one in seafood does: they lab test it.
Every farm partner gets screened. Here's what the testing confirms:
- Mercury ≤0.1 ppm, well below the FDA limit and lower than most wild seafood
- Zero detectable microplastics, verified by a third-party lab
- High omega-3s (DHA + EPA), the fats your brain and heart actually need
- No antibiotics, no hormones, no GMOs
They're the only seafood company I've found that tests every product this way. Not a spot check on the boat it came from, the actual fish you're eating.
The branzino, smoked trout, and salmon are what we keep coming back to. When you order something like this at a restaurant, you're paying a premium for it. Now I make it at home for a fraction of the cost, and it tastes better than most restaurant versions I've had.
The Food Babe community saves $20 OFF your first order with code FOODBABE at checkout.
I'll never tell you to stop asking questions about your food. This is me answering one of the biggest ones I get.
Xo,
Vani
P.S. When you order, Seatopia sets up a one-on-one call with a chef so you know exactly how to cook what you get. If branzino has ever intimidated you, that part alone is worth it.
P.P.S. At Food Babe, we only promote products we love and use ourselves. If you buy a product we link to, we may earn a commission.
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