2015 Seafood Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

The 12 finalists for the 2015 Seafood Excellence Awards, the new products competition held in conjunction with Seafood Expo North America, have been announced. Winners of the competition will be presented during the Seafood Excellence Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 3:30pm during the Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America in Boston. The Seafood Excellence Awards annually recognize the product leaders in the North American seafood market. Each year, exhibitors at the event have the opportunity to submit their new products for consideration. Products are evaluated by three seafood industry experts based on their uniqueness and appropriateness to the market, taste profile, packaging, market potential, convenience, nutritional value and originality. The 2015 twelve finalists were selected from more than 70 entries in the exposition’s New Product Showcase and compete for two awards: Best New Foodservice Product and Best New Retail Product. The finalists for the 2015 Seafood Excellence Awards are:

Each finalist’s product will be showcased during the three-day event in Boston. The Seafood Excellence Awards serves as the North American extension of the Seafood Prix d’Elite new product competition, held at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium.  Both, Seafood Excellence Awards and Seafood Prix d’Elite, are organized by Diversified Communications, producers of the Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America, Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global and Seafood Expo Asia.