Finding affordable, quality seafood can be difficult, especially when you live in a landlocked state. Ultimately, you want something that is fresh out of the ocean and harvested responsibly, as opposed to farm-raised. 

That's what Vital Choice claims to offer — sustainable, high-quality seafood products delivered right to your doorstep. So we checked them out, and here's what we found!

Review of Vital Choice

How it Works

You can either purchase products a la carte from their website or subscribe to the Vital Box, their monthly subscription service. If you want the Vital Box, you choose between three different boxes:

• Wild Salmon Box - $129 per box, 14 servings. Salmon specialties in this box include salmon burgers, salmon dogs or sausages, smoked salmon and more. 
• Wild Fish Box - $169 per box, 15 servings. Besides wild salmon and other fish, such as cod, halibut, sole, tuna and sablefish, you'll also get salmon burgers, salmon dogs or sausages, and more. 
• Wild Seafood Box - $199 per box, 17 servings. You'll get an assortment of products from the salmon and wild fish boxes, as well as shellfish.

Your Vital Choice box ships out the second week of the month. You'll get a confirmation email beforehand to confirm your shipment, allowing you to skip it or cancel. 

Vital Choice Pros

• Single-serve portions make it easier not only to plan meals without waste, but also easier to thaw on an as-needed basis. 

• Their products are super fresh because they clean and flash-freeze everything within hours of catching it.

• Most of the fisheries that supply the seafood to Vital Choice are certified sustainable, either by the State of Alaska, Marine Stewardship Council or the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program, helping consumers make better choices for a healthy ocean.

• If you don't confirm your box when they send the confirmation email, Vital Choice promises not to ship your box. This is a very customer-friendly policy that differs from other subscription boxes that ship even if you forgot to skip and ultimately charge you for it.

• Outside of the subscription box, Vital Choice also sells premium proteins like grass-fed beef and bison, and pasture-raised chicken. So if you have someone in your family who doesn't care for seafood, you can still use Vital Choice as your go-to provider of quality protein. 

• The Vital Choice website offers recipes and preparation tips, so if you get something you've never tried before in your box, you'll be armed with everything you need to know to prepare a healthy, restaurant-quality meal.  

Vital Choice Cons

• The initial price tag can cause a bit of trepidation. But when you compare what you get to grocery store prices and quality, you soon realize the value. 

• They can't guarantee specific delivery times, so you have to make sure you're home within a few hours of your package being delivered so you can get your items in the fridge or freezer as soon as possible. 

Ultimately, we think Vital Choice is definitely worth the price if you appreciate high-quality seafood and want to make sure you purchase it from a responsible vendor. Shipping is free for purchases over $99, and you get a 10% discount for auto-shipping. 

You can make it even more economical by enrolling in Vital Rewards, a program that lets you earn points for every dollar you spend and redeem them for coupons on future purchases. Check back with Coupon Cause for more exclusive Vital Choice deals and discounts.