Nissui may switch to ‘veggie’ products

THE Japanese seafood giant Nissui may use one of its fish processing factories near Grimsby to produce vegetarian or vegan products.

Nissui bought Caistor Seafoods from the New Zealand fishing company Sealord two and a half years ago.

The site, 10 miles from the Lincolnshire port, was originally set up by Sealord to produce a wide range of fish products for the high end retailer Waitrose.

Then, last May it purchased a 75 per cent interest in the award winning Grimsby processor Flatfish to ‘further enhance synergies within its European operations’.

Nissui is now investing heavily in Flatfish, which is almost doubling its fish production capability.

According to reports, some seafood operations have already been moved from Caistor to Grimsby, leaving available production space at the former Sealord site.

Nissui, ranked 17th in the global seafood league, indicated in its second quarter report that it is planning to start discussing the use of at least part of Caistor Seafoods as a launch pad for ‘vegetal products’.