Seacon America expands product portfolio with blue crab meat from Mexico

Seacon America has announced plans to expand its offerings of seafood sourced from Latin America with a product called “The Crab.”

Seacon, a division of the Netherlands-based Seafood Connection International Group, which itself is a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Maruha Nichiro, is attempting with its new offerings to complement Maruha’s existing product portfolio in the Americas, Seacon America President Klaas Van Eerde said.

“As a new addition to the Maruha North American Group, we want to complement Maruha’s existing portfolio with distinctive, quality products,” he said. “Committing our resources to this fishery makes a direct impact on small artisanal fishing communities, who in turn allow us to bring high quality, niche items to the best chefs in America.”

Seacon’s “The Crab” is blue crab from the Sea of Cortez, located between the Baja Peninsula and the west coast of mainland Mexico, Seacon’s foodservice division manager Sherri Chambers said.

“Our pasteurized, all-natural blue crab brand, ‘The Crab,’ brings the flavor of American blue crab, because that is exactly what it is. This Callinectes crab is higher in flavorful fat than imported Asian swimming crab, which makes it truly a cut above in terms of flavor and quality,” Chambers said. “Secon’s ‘The Crab’ is the same high-quality crab chefs from the Mid-Atlantic, the Carolinas, Texas, New Orleans and other Gulf states have always sought for their dishes.”

The company also announced it will soon launch a second product for the American market with the name of “Reel Wild,” Van Eerde said.

“To build on our worldwide success in tilapia and pangasius, we feel we can also bring higher quality and more consistent products than the market has seen before by connecting our resources, stability, and expertise to these smaller fishing communities. We will continue to expand our support for this and other Central and South American communities to bring sustainable and socially responsible seafood products to the United States,” he said.

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