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Shetland Rope Grown Mussels

Location
The cool, pristine waters that surround the Shetland Isles are an ideal habitat for growing blue mussels (mytilis edulis). Mussels harvested by Shetland SeaFish are grown on ropes, ensuring the mussels never come into contact with the seabed so they don’t ingest any sand or grit, resulting in a lovely clean product.

The strong tidal currents around Shetland’s voes, where the mussels are grown, provide an abundant food supply full of natural goodness for the mussels giving the meat a magnificent flavour.

Quality
Growing mussels in this environment produces a superior quality, larger than an average mussel, with a thin shell and high meat content, typically meat yields are over 30 per cent.

From harvest to delivery to our customers, the mussels are handled with great care, so the product arrives in the same perfect condition as when it was harvested and just as nature intended. Post harvest, the mussels are washed and graded, minimum size is 45mm ranging up to a massive 70mm.

Packaging
The mussels are packed in net sacks (sizes available to suit your particular needs) and placed in a polystyrene box with ice. The boxes protect the product and ensure easy handling. Within the box, mussels can be packed in 500g or 1kg retail bags, and 2kg or 5kg wholesale bags. We can also provide 500kg or one tonne bulk bags. You decide, we’ll provide.

Logistics
The mussels are transported live in a temperature-controlled environment, direct to your door within 48 hours of harvesting. Whoever you are, wherever you are, we can bring our homegrown excellence direct to your door.

Service
Here at Shetland SeaFish, we take our customers’ needs very seriously. We are committed to providing a quality service to you. Our experienced and friendly sales team will be there for you every step of the way.

What sets Shetland SeaFish aside from other suppliers is a combination of quality product and a superior service, excellence second to none!

 

 

 

 

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