Kelp noodles come in little plastic pouches which you just snip open and they are ready to go they are one of those heavenly foods that are so much fun to eat you cant believe they get an a in the nutrition department as well kelp noodles are a sea vegetable in the form of an easy to eat raw noodle made of only kelp a sea vegetable sodium alginate sodium salt extracted from a brown seaweed and water kelp noodles are fat free gluten free and very low in carbohydrates and calories