Alaskan Leader expanding reach of its miso black cod after big sales success

“We basically took an item that was successful, easy to prepare – you don’t have to think about it too much – and we’ve supercharged it."
Alaskan Leader Vice President of Sales Scott Sandvig and Alaskan Leader Seafoods Value-Added Programs President Keith Singleton show off the company's miso black cod product
Alaskan Leader Vice President of Sales Scott Sandvig and Alaskan Leader Seafoods Value-Added Programs President Keith Singleton show off the company's miso black cod product, with labels in French for the market in Quebec | Photo courtesy of Alaskan Leader
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Alaskan Leader has begun launching a new pre-made deli kit of its miso black cod across the U.S. in the wake of big sales of its frozen retail portions.

Alaskan Leader has been steadily building interest in its miso black cod for multiple years, and its Wild Caught Alaska Black Cod in Japanese Miso Marinade won multiple people’s choice awards at the Alaska Symphony of Seafood in 2022. Since that time, the product has continued to win awards, and its Miso Black Cod Deli Kits won Best New Foodservice Product at the Alaska Symphony of Seafood in 2024.

The product has been doing more than winning awards, Alaskan Leader Seafoods Value-Added Programs President Keith Singleton told SeafoodSource. It has also been seeing huge success at the markets it is carried in – enough that the company has expanded internationally across all of Canada and is planning to launch its miso black cod product in the U.K. on 6 February.

The launch of the new product comes just over a week after it generated buzz at the 2025 Global Seafood Market Conference in Palm Desert, California, where ...


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