Developed by Abu Dhabi holding group Bin Salem Holding, the Middle East’s first and largest caviar farm of its kind has unveiled future plans and a new brand identity for The Royal Caviar Company.
With its first commercial batch of caviar in 2012, the factory will become the world’s largest and most technologically advanced producer of high quality sustainably sourced caviar, playing a key role in addressing the world’s growing demand for top quality caviar.
The Royal Caviar Company factory currently contains approximately 18t of sturgeon with a further 124t scheduled for delivery this year. The first production of caviar and sturgeon fillets is scheduled for late in 2011, with caviar commercially available in the UAE in the second half of 2012.
Sturgeon are considered endangered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Consequently, The Royal Caviar Company has an essential role to play in ensuring the regular availability of high quality caviar.
The company has also announced the impending delivery of around 120,000 sturgeon eggs, which will be the UAE’s first homegrown sturgeon, and the gift of 20 rare albino sturgeons to the factory by United Food Technologies AG.
Ahmad Al Dhaheri, CEO and Vice Chairman of Bin Salem, said: “Bin Salem has been planning and developing this business for several years, and it is a tribute to every stakeholder and partner that we can announce our plans now that the factory is complete. Abu Dhabi is ideally placed to become one of the world’s most successful producers of caviar, as we are convenient to the fastest growing markets in the Middle East and Asia, and I look forward to The Royal Caviar Company being the caviar of choice across the globe.”
Caviar has been considered a delicacy for centuries, with demand for high quality caviar increasing year after year. With the factory in Abu Dhabi reaching full capacity within the next four years, The Royal Caviar Company will satisfy approximately 10% of the global supply/demand imbalance, and will become the largest caviar factory in the world offering a supply of caviar on a reliable monthly basis.
In addition to high quality caviar, The Royal Caviar Company will be a high volume producer of sturgeon fillets which are also a delicacy in many countries.
Robert Harper, Group Commercial Director, Bin Salem, explained: “Abu Dhabi is an ideal location for distribution to the world’s growing markets for high quality caviar and sturgeon fillets. In fact in the UAE alone, demand is around 14t per year. Cutting edge recirculating technology and digital process control ensures that the sturgeon enjoy an ideal habitat with carefully controlled PH levels, oxygen concentration and regular feeding. Our sturgeon will produce an extremely high quality of caviar and fillets for the local and international markets for many years to come.”
At approximately 50,000m2, the factory is the largest aquaculture recirculating facility in the world in terms of size and capacity, and has been developed by United Food Technologies AG, world expert in water recirculating technology and equipment, who brought a variety of patent pending water purification, caviar production and digital monitoring systems to Abu Dhabi.
