According to the OU, plain unground chia seeds are not kitniyot. Given that they're almost indistinguishable from poppy seeds, which are considered to be kitniyot, I'm puzzled as to why not.
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6Maybe you can explain why one might have thought they should be kitniyot?– Double AA ♦Apr 18 at 22:40
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They're almost indistinguishable from poppy seeds.– Ari LacenskiApr 19 at 0:40
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Welcome to MiYodeya and thanks for this first question. Great to have you learn with us! Please edit your comment into the question to make it self-standing.– mblochApr 19 at 3:07
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1One thing that comes to mind is that we don't add new food to the traditional list of kitniot (which is often quoted in the context of quinoa). You will likely find this article by R Spitz enlightening. I am not familiar enough with chia seeds to see how they match the criteria for kitniot but you might.– mblochApr 19 at 3:18
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A quick search shows that chia seeds were not used as food in Europe until the very late 20th century. Much of the basis of Kitniyos, as I understand it, is not confusion between items but inadvertent mixing due to packaging - e.g., reusing the same grain sacks for corn and wheat. But if chia was a really unusual item it would not have been (certainly not hundreds of years ago) packed in the same sacks as wheat in Europe - because it basically did not exist in Europe.– manassehkatz-Moving 2 CodidactApr 19 at 17:23
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