SHRIMP
Northern shrimp (Pandalus Borealis) extracted by FCF "Belomorskij Ribak" resides in the crystal clear the Arctic Ocean, the Barents and adjacent seas. It is caught far away from the coast, sometimes vessels have to wade through the thick ice, in order to get this useful and valuable product.
Northern shrimp produced by FCF "Belomorskij Ribak" is valued because of its rich and mellow taste. Natural habitat, cold water of Northern seas – all that has impact on unique, slightly sweet taste of shrimp, as well as provides them with a number of useful substances.
PRODUCTION STAGES
1. CATCH
MK-0641 “Nord Tral” vessel has a reinforced ice class that allows it to work in ice with a thickness of up to 80 cm, which is an indisputable advantage in harvesting northern shrimp. The trawler is also equipped with special separator equipment that detaches shrimp from small fish.
2. ASSORTING
Immediately after the catching, our shrimp gets on the high-tech production lines, where it is automatically sorted by size. Installed high-tech equipment allows maximum sorting accuracy.
3. BREW
After the sorting process shrimp enters the automatic digesters, where the shrimp is boiled in seawater. FCF “Belomorskij Ribak” boils large and medium sized shrimps (70 +, 90 +, 120 +, 150 +).
4. FREEZING AND PACKAGING
After exit from the digester, the shrimp gets on the conveyor and enters the IQF tunnel freezers, where it is individually frozen at temperature below -30 ° C. Later on it is time for accurate weighing and packaging of shrimp in cardboard boxes of 2.5-5 kg. Dry freezing technology (IQF) guarantees the absence of ice and prevents the loss of useful properties of this delicacy.
Small size shrimp (200-250,250+,320+) or industrial shrimp is not boiled, but instead of that it is immediately frozen using Contact Freezing technology on horizontal tiled freezers. Due to their high quality, raw-frozen shrimps of the FCF “Belomorskij Ribak” are in demand among food producers.
Daily quality control, the minimum period of time between catch and freezing, high-tech equipment – all this allows FCF “Belomorskij Ribak” to maintain the beneficial properties and the pristine rich taste of shrimp. Caught and prepared northern shrimp of FCF “Belomorskij Ribak” is an environmental friendly product of Northern Seas, almost not affected by human activity.
USEFUL PROPERTIES
Vitamins:
B, A, C, D, E, PP
Micronutrients:
iron, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium
Nutrition value:
Proteins 14.1 g.
Fat 0.4 g
Carbohydrates 61 kcal / 256 kJ
Composition:
Northern shrimp, water, salt
Macro elements:
calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus
Also, northern shrimp contains a large number of polyunsaturated acids (Omega-3), which are so important for the human body.
Thus Northern Shrimp caught and prepared by FCF “Belomorskij Ribak” is environmentally friendly product of Northern Seas, almost not affected by human activity.
