Seafood

Consumers have a greater appetite for food tech, but 'nobody wants their food to taste like tech'

15-Nov-2023 By Ryan Daily

Consumers might be warming up to the idea of technology playing a role in what they eat and drink, but startups and CPG companies still have a ways to go before they see the potential of what food tech can do for them, according to a panel discussion...

LocalCoho expands its NY pilot facility with funding from Cuna del Mar

09-Oct-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Coho salmon aquaculture start-up, LocalCoho, is set to expand production in upstate New York after securing funding from Cuna del Mar, with a goal of securing an additional $4 million by the end of 2023.

The canned seafood craze continues: EcoFish plans Freshé brand growth with DTC’s help

21-Aug-2023 By Ryan Daily

With canned seafood having a moment on TikTok and on charcuterie boards, EcoFish is tapping into the growing awareness and usage of canned seafood as it doubles down on its efforts to grow its e-commerce business in the face of retail challenges, Henry...

Summer Fancy Food Show

Canned seafood brands continue strengthening ESG initiatives at Summer Fancy Food Show

10-Jul-2023 By Deniz Ataman

While canned fish is seeing a comeback thanks to TikTok, Summer Fancy Food Show featured a few brands at the show, arguably giving them more visibility on their products and ESG initiatives.

Urban shrimp farming startup Atarraya expands locally, thinks globally about food system

31-May-2023 By Ryan Daily

Urban farming startup Atarraya is launching an e-commerce website to provide locally sourced, sustainable shrimp to consumers from its facility in Indianapolis while also looking for partners to accomplish its goal of operating 400 Shrimpboxes in the...

Seafood brand Season taps into shifting tide on canned seafood

23-May-2023 By Ryan Daily

Shoppers looking for convenient and budget-friendly proteins are turning to canned seafood as perceptions about it change and younger consumers learn how to use it, Sara Kelly, brand marketing manager for Season Brand, told FoodNavigator-USA.

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: As seafood sales stabilize, what will drive the next wave of growth?

22-May-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Fresh and frozen retail seafood in the US has been on a rollercoaster the past three years with shifting shopping and eating habits during the pandemic sending sales and volumes to dramatic highs and then rising inflation in the past year causing unit...

Seed To Surf reimagines whole vegetables blurring the category lines between seafood alternatives and plant-based cuisine

27-Apr-2023 By Deniz Ataman

The brand’s line of canned plant-based fish and crab align with plant-based and seafood shoppers' desire for shelf-stable and easy to prepare ingredients.

Seafood consumption declines in response to inflation, FMI reports

03-Apr-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Seafood sales fell 3.8% last year to $16.3b from the previous year, as consumers shifted their shopping in response to rising inflation, but remained above pre-pandemic levels as consumers sought options that are healthier, more diverse and environmentally-friendly,...

Euromonitor cracks the lid on canned seafood TikTok craze

30-Jan-2023 By Ryan Daily

What’s old is new … or so the saying goes. And for canned seafood products, they might be the newest/oldest thing on the block, with sales increasing 9.7% to $2.7 billion in 2022, as Euromonitor International senior research analyst Miri Eliyahu recently...

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FDA asks experts to review seafood safety for children through health equity lens

23-Jan-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Recognizing the cultural significance of seafood varies among different groups of Americans, FDA has asked an expert panel to consider health equity and environmental justice issues in their review of children’s exposure to toxins from seafood.

‘World’s first’ growth media factory in the works for cultivated meat, milk

16-Jan-2023 By Flora Southey

Multus Biotechnology’s ‘first-of-its kind’ facility will open its doors before the end of the year. We catch up with co-founder and CEO Cai Linton to ask: Why should industry outsource growth media, rather than develop it in-house?

Almost 90% of marine species at risk under high emissions scenarios: ‘Mitigation needs to occur now’

25-Aug-2022 By Katy Askew

Fresh research shows that high emissions scenarios place the vast majority of ocean life at ‘high’ or ‘critical’ risk, with implications for the economic wellbeing of costal economies and future food security.

Tiny Fish Co. puts adventurous spin on tinned fish from the Pacific Northwest

09-Feb-2022 By Asia Sherman

Tiny Fish Co. is out to make a splash this year with the launch of its sustainably sourced, chef-crafted tinned fish that encourages consumers to think outside the box.

FDA underscores seafood’s benefits for children’s brain, body development in updated guidance

01-Nov-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

FDA reinforces and clarifies advice that pregnant and nursing women and young children should eat fish lower in mercury to support brain, heart and immune health and development, according to updated guidance released by the agency late last week.

Aqua Cultured Foods breaks new ground in alt-seafood space with fermentation-based whole cuts

21-Sep-2021 By Elaine Watson

Startup Aqua Cultured Foods is carving out novel territory in the nascent alternative seafood space with a Non-GMO fermentation-based production platform capable of delivering high-protein, nutrient-rich ‘whole cuts’ of fungi-based seafood, with the first...

'Our priority is innovation...' Sophie’s Kitchen raises $5.6m to expand plant-based seafood category

17-Sep-2021 By Elaine Watson

Sophie’s Kitchen has secured a $5.6m investment led by venture capital firm Billy Goat Brands to help it expand its plant-based seafood empire, which now extends into multiple categories including ‘toona,’ crab cakes, fish filets, smoked salmon, and shrimp....

Cell-cultured seafood pioneer Finless Foods gears up to launch its first product… plant-based tuna

08-Jun-2021 By Elaine Watson

Finless Foods – a pioneer in the nascent cell-cultured seafood space – is gearing up to launch its first product: plant-based tuna.

Cell-based caviar: the mass-market health food star of the future?

28-Apr-2021 By Oliver Morrison

A British company is developing the world’s first lab-grown ‘compassionate’ caviar to allow more people to experience the delicacy’s unique taste and nutritional benefits.

‘We know seafood is a healthy and sustainable choice’: Industry reacts to ‘extreme’ and ‘misleading’ Netflix documentary

01-Apr-2021 By Oliver Morrison

The seafood industry has hit back at a controversial film about the impact of commercial fishing.

‘Cell-cultured’ best term for seafood made in bioreactors, say key stakeholders: ‘Now is the time for disparaging and misleading terms such as ‘clean’ and ‘lab-grown’ to be laid to rest...’

09-Mar-2021 By Elaine Watson

‘Cell-cultured’ may be the best way to label seafood grown from animal cells in bioreactors, according to key stakeholders in the nascent industry, who have teamed up with the National Fisheries Institute to share their views with the FDA.

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: XPRIZE offers $15m to accelerate innovation of fish, chicken alternatives

07-Dec-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Even as the animal protein sector nears $3 trillion dollars, it is falling short of demand while simultaneously straining limited resources – a problem that will compound in the next 20 years as the global wealth and the population grows, according to...

Good Catch plant-based seafood expands in Europe, eyes innovation: 'There is an opportunity to be wildly creative from a culinary and technology standpoint'

03-Dec-2020 By Katy Askew

US plant-based seafood brand Good Catch is expanding in Europe, having secured listings in the Netherlands and Spain. “We have a passion for the culinary arts, for saving our oceans and for providing craveable plant-based products for consumers that believe...

New proteins, processing technologies could open the door for plant-based seafood to gain share

29-Sep-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Even though seafood alternatives account for only a small fraction of the current total plant-based protein market, it is primed for fast-paced growth and holds the most promise for capturing market share from its animal-based conventional counterpart,...

Nestlé launches plant-based Vuna with ‘rich flavour and flaky texture of tuna’

20-Aug-2020 By Flora Southey

The Swiss company is making its first move into plant-based seafood with a six-ingredient vegan alternative to tuna: Vuna.

Should the 2020 Dietary Guidelines recommend specific seafood to boost consumption?

13-Aug-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Seafood industry stakeholders and public health advocates want more clarity in the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans around how much seafood children and pregnant women should eat to reap its potential cognitive developmental benefits, but they diverge...

Bumble Bee partners with plant-based seafood brand Good Catch as part of broader ‘rebirth’

12-Mar-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

After a tumultuous few years marred by a price-fixing scandal, fines and bankruptcy, Bumble Bee Foods is ready to reemerge as a company dedicated to consumers’ and the planet’s health thanks to help from its new owner, a unique partnership with the maker...

Aqua Star launches in-store seafood meal kits: 'If you can fry an egg, you can cook seafood'

22-Oct-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

National seafood brand Aqua Star believes many consumers underestimate their ability to cook seafood at home and is helping overcome this mental block with the recent launch of Cutting Board Meal Kits sold at major retail stores nationwide.

Sustainability, price are top priorities for shoppers buying seafood, Blue Circle Foods survey finds

22-Oct-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

When it comes to buying seafood, consumers are most concerned about where it is sourced and how much it costs, according to new research by Blue Circle Foods, which is why the company strives to be transparent about where its fish comes from and price...

Jellyfish: A new sustainable, nutritious, and ‘oyster-like’ food for the Western world?

30-Jul-2019 By Flora Southey

Jellyfish are nutrient-rich, boast a similar taste and texture profile to oysters, and if approved as a novel food, could help ease the burden of over-exploited fisheries, according to EU-backed research.

Wild Alaska Pollock gains traction and recognition as a sustainable 'superfish'

17-Jul-2019 By Mary Ellen Shoup

As the most abundant certified -sustainable fish in the world (according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), Wild Alaska Pollock is not the first fish consumers may think of when it comes nutrition and sustainability, but...

Seafood kit company LoveTheWild overhauls its packaging, branding to further its sustainability mission

13-Mar-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

Frustrated that 8 million metric tons of plastic go into the ocean every year, the founder of the sustainable seafood company LoveTheWild is ditching the plastic in her packaging and downsizing her carton as part of a relaunch of her meal kits and to...

Seafood can make big splash with retailers around the holidays, Nielsen finds

06-Dec-2018 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Right around the New Year’s period as consumers are trying to get their diets back on track after over a month of overeating, is when retailers can take advantage of increased interest in seafood, capitalizing on high protein claims and sustainability...

Cargill: Americans are eating more fish than they did five years ago, prioritizing nutrition and sustainability

02-Oct-2018 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Over the past five years, 44% of American and British consumers surveyed that they have added more fish to their diets, followed closely by poultry, Cargill’s recent Feed4Thought survey showed.

New branding positions SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood Co. as fast solution so consumers can “chillax”

22-Feb-2018 By Elizabeth Crawford

New packaging that positions SeaPack Shrimp & Seafood Co.'s frozen seafood products as the “ultimate resource for hassle-free cooking” will make the brand more relatable to modern shoppers who want healthy options and are pressed for time, according...

Molecular biology could hold the key to detect and deter widespread seafood fraud

31-Jan-2018 By Elizabeth Crawford

Complex supply chains, heavy processing and continual supply and demand issues make seafood the ideal target for food fraud, but innovations in molecular biology, along with other tried and true detection and deterrent methods could reduce the risk and...

Almost half of seafood samples mislabelled

Oceana Canada highlights scale of seafood fraud

30-Nov-2017 By Joseph James Whitworth

Almost half of seafood samples tested by Oceana Canada in Ottawa were found to be mislabelled.

‘Final advice’ on fish consumption from FDA & EPA could boost seafood product sales

23-Jan-2017 By Elizabeth Crawford

New guidance and an easy-to-use reference chart from EPA and FDA encouraging Americans – especially pregnant and nursing women and parents of young children – to eat more fish could boost sales of seafood products, including ready-to-eat and easy-to-prepare...