Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods are targeting different buyers with their salmon nugget products, with the former company aiming to get their salmon nuggets into U.S. schools and the latter company targeting retailers.
Trident executives recently attended the School Nutrition Association Annual National Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, where they encouraged U.S. school foodservice buyers to check out their company’s new Salmon Ocean Treasures Alaskan Salmon Nuggets.
“Trident’s core focus remains the promotion of Alaska pollock in a variety of forms within the child nutrition segment. We also believe there is an opportunity to expand into adjacent Alaska species and product forms, such as our new Salmon Ocean Treasures,” Trident Vice President of Marketing and Innovation Rafael Garibay told SeafoodSource. “Our goal is to encourage as many school districts as possible to continue promoting the consumption of Alaska seafood.”
USDA said in April it would purchase more Alaska pollock, salmon, and other seafood for the National School Lunch Program and other federal food nutrition assistance programs.
“[This is a] truly welcome sign to not only the members of the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers [GAPP] but all those who wish to see more seafood served in schools,” GAPP CEO Craig Morris told SeafoodSource.
Ocean Beauty Seafoods is opting for another route, targeting the retail market with its Echo Falls Smoked Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon Nuggets, which won first place in the retail category at the 2024 Alaska Symphony of Seafood competition; Trident Seafoods’ Kraken Stash IPA Beer Battered Wild Alaska Pollock, meanwhile, came in first place in the foodservice category in the same competition.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which buys large quantities of Alaskan salmon for the country’s National School Lunch Program and other federal nutrition programs, is ...
