Kermarée and Vilsund Blue were awarded the top prizes at this year’s Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition at Seafood Expo Global.
France’s Kermarée was awarded for the Best New Retail Product for its entry Coffret Plateau de Fruits de Mer. The kit provides four varieties of fresh cooked shellfish to allow the consumer to easily create a shellfish platter at home. Langoustines, shrimp, crab claws and whelks are packed in individual trays and then stacked in two display windows.
Kermarée was also awarded the Health and Nutrition prize for the same product.
In the Foodservice category, the top prize was given to Vilsund Blue of Denmark for its Mussel Powder product. The flavouring powder is made of wild, sustainable blue mussels caught in Denmark’s Limfjord. Produced with no additives, the powder can be used to enhance the taste of seafood dishes and sauces, and also with poultry, meat and vegetables.
Marine Harvest VAP Europe from Belgium was awarded the special award for Convenience for its Salmon Filo Pastry Pie product, while Delfin Ultracongelados of Spain was awarded for retail packaging of its Paella 1-2-3 Delfin.
Other winners included the UK’s Big Prawn Company, which won the award for Originality for its Double Dippers Prawn Cracker. The company also won the Seafood Product Line award for the three-flavour Double Dippers line.
The winners of the 2014 Seafood Prix d’Elite were chosen from a field of 34 finalists representing 11 countries. The winners and finalists are on display at Hall 11, stand 2501 at Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Processing Global, which runs now through to 8 May.
