40 finalists have been selected for the 2024 Seafood Excellence Global Awards, a prestigious competition set to take place at Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global in Barcelona, Spain from April 23 to 25, 2024.
This annual contest celebrates the finest seafood products developed over the past year. The chosen finalists hail from 15 different countries and will vie for two coveted grand prizes: Best Hotel/Restaurant/Catering (HORECA) Product and Best Retail Product. Additionally, five other awards will recognize innovation, convenience, health and nutrition, retail packaging, and seafood product line excellence.
The winners will be revealed at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at the Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue CC5, Room 5.
The 2024 HORECA Product category finalists include:
– A. Espersen A/S – A. Espersen Alaska Pollock Sweet & Sour Sauce Battered Rolls (Denmark)
– Algolesko– Wakame Pickles (France)
– Freshpack – Frozen Half Shell Scallop without Roe Label Rouge (France)
– GlobeXplore – Umami Paste (France)
– Golden Fresh Sdn Bhd – Fully Cooked Lemon Sourdough Crumbed Cod Goujon (Malaysia)
– Phillips Foods, Inc. – Signature Lobster Cakes (United States)
– PUHA, Pacific Urchin Harvesters Association – UniFresco (Canada)
– ZALG – Crispy Seaweed Sticks Lemon Flavor (France)
The 2024 Retail Product finalists are:
– A. Espersen A/S – Rahbek Alaska Pollock Ratatouille Fish Rolls (Denmark)
– Dalian Rich Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. – Wellington Salmon (China)
– East Coast Seafood – Lobster Roll Sliders with Lobster Butter (United States)
– East Coast Seafood – Shrimp Gyoza with Sweet Chili Sauce (United States)
– Finnforel Oy – LOHI ASC Alder Smoked Rainbow Trout Fillet (Finland)
– Freshpack – Enjoy Frozen Shrimp Gyoza (France)
– Greenland Seafood Europe SAS/Sofina – Young’s Gastro Thai Inspired Breaded Fish Cakes (France)
– Greenland Seafood Europe SAS/Sofina – Young’s Gastro Chilli, Lime & Ginger Breaded Fish Fillets (France)
– Hätälä Oy – Flamed Salmon, Texas BBQ 140g (Finland)
– ICECO Fish – Frozen Grated Potato Dumplings with Atlantic Salmon Stuffing “CEPELINAI” (Lithuania)
– ICECO Fish – Puff Pastry and Atlantic Salmon Rolls with Spinach (Lithuania)
– Isstormur ehf – Icelandic Sardine Single Fillet Stewed in Marinade (Iceland)
– JC David – Tarama Premium (France)
– Kalaneuvos Oy – Kalaneuvos Rainbow Strips in Cream-Honey Marinade (Finland)
– Lagumar Seas S.L. – Royal Cocotte de Moules Recette Beurre, Ail et Persil (Spain)
– Lagumar Seas S.L. – Crema de Bacalao Con Pimientos (Spain)
– Lerøy Seafood group ASA – Salmon Candy (Norway)
– Multi X S.A. – Latitude 45-Smoked Salmon Candy (Chile)
– Parcs Saint Kerber – Oysters Trio Saint Kerber (France)
– Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group – Aldi Specially Selected Scottish Cooked Veuve Monsigny Mussels (United Kingdom)
– Suempol – Baked Salmon with Roasted Coconut Flavor (Poland)
– Suempol – Salmon Kofta (Poland)
– Vega Salmon A/S – theSALMONCHEF – Hot Smoked, Chinese 5-Spice (Denmark)
– Vega Salmon A/S – theSALMONCHEF – Hot Smoked, Spanish Sweet Citrus (Denmark)
– Vega Salmon A/S – theSALMONCHEF – Indian Creamy Korma (Denmark)
– Vičiūnai group – Frozen Dumplings with White Fish, “Gyoza” (Lithuania)
– Vičiūnai group – Salmon Bites with Seaweed Tempura, 40%, VIČI “FishBerry”, 250 (Lithuania)
– Vičiūnai group – Hot Smoked Salmon Roll with Dried Tomatoes (Lithuania)
– Vičiūnai group – Surimi Sausage with Bacalao (Lithuania)
– Vičiūnai group – Cold Smoked, Marinated White Leg Shrimps with Orange Spices (Lithuania)
– Vinh Hoan Corporation – Lucky Bag (Vietnam)
– Vinh Hoan Corporation – Protein Pho Fusion (Vietnam)
These finalists emerged from a pool of 85 entries, meticulously evaluated by a panel of three esteemed seafood industry experts.
The Seafood Excellence Global Awards is an offshoot of the renowned Seafood Excellence North America competition, held annually at Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. These competitions, alongside the Seafood Excellence Asia Awards, are organized by Diversified Communications, the entity behind Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America, Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, and Seafood Expo Asia in Singapore. The latter event is scheduled for September 4 to 6 this year.
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