The international portfolio.

The same species, in the form your plant or your customer needs.

The same fish can come frozen, chilled or canned. Choose the form you need first. Cuts and cartons follow your order. We supply end users, resellers, wholesalers and re-processors. If you need a cut that is not written here, ask for it.

Form 01

Frozen

Our processing factory has been freezing seafood since 1995. Product is graded, cut and packed to the carton you sell in. Blocks or IQF, as your order says.

  • Octopus

    Short arm and long arm.

    Whole, cleaned and cut.

  • Squid

    Loligo, semi-needle and needle.

    Whole, whole cleaned, tubes, rings and tentacles.

  • Cuttlefish

    Whole, whole cleaned and fillets.

  • Vannamei shrimp

    Farmed white shrimp.

    HOSO, HLSO, PD, PDTO, PUD, easy peel and butterfly.

  • Black Tiger shrimp

    Farmed black tiger.

    HOSO, HLSO, PD, PDTO, PUD, easy peel and butterfly.

  • Pink and Brown shrimp

    Wild caught.

    Shell-on and peeled.

  • Marine fish

    Mahi Mahi, Tuna, Leather Jacket, Reef Cod and Snappers.

    Whole, gutted, loins or fillets.

  • Aquaculture fish

    Basa.

    Fillets, cut to the weight you ask for.

  • Seafood mix

    Squid, shrimp and other species, blended to the ratio you set. Made after you order, not before.

Form 02

Chilled, by air from India

Fresh fish and shrimp leave India on a plane, not a ship. This part of the business runs in days, not weeks. We ship to the airport you name.

  • Whole fish

    Reef Cod, Snappers, Leather Jacket, Mahi Mahi and Tuna.

    Whole or gutted.

  • Fresh fillets

    Cut to your weight and flown out chilled. Cut against your order.

  • Fresh shrimp

    Vannamei and Black Tiger.

    Head-on or headless.

Form 03

Canned

Royal Food Packers opened in 1981 with canned sardines and frog legs. Canning is the oldest work this family does. The pack is yours to choose: water, brine, vegetable or olive oil, or tomato sauce with or without chilli.

  • Sardines

    In the can since 1981. The first product this family ever packed.

  • Mackerel

    Canned mackerel, in your can size and case count.

  • Tuna

    Canned tuna, packed to your specification.

Form 04

Raw and pre-cooked loins, whole fish for cannery

Some of our customers are canneries. They do not want a finished can; they want the raw fish or the cooked loin delivered to their line. Frozen whole fish, or pre-cooked loins — this is material for further processing, not for the retail shelf.

  • Skipjack tuna

    Frozen whole, for canneries that cook on their own line.

  • Yellowfin tuna

    Frozen whole, for canneries that cook on their own line.

  • Bonito tuna

    Frozen whole, for canneries that cook on their own line.

  • Sardine

    Frozen whole, raw material in the sizes your line runs.

  • Mackerel

    Frozen whole, raw material in the sizes your line runs.

  • Tuna loins

    Yellowfin, bonito and skipjack.

    Cooked, cleaned and frozen, ready for your line.

  • Mackerel loins

    Cooked, cleaned and frozen, ready for your line.

This list is not complete. Tell us the species, the cut and the carton. If we do not produce it ourselves, we can source it from one of our five origins — inspected by our people, guaranteed under our name.

Ask for a quote

Reading the specifications

The trade, in plain words.

Fifty years in this trade taught us that clear words make good contracts. Quote any term below and both sides will read it the same way.

Shrimp

HOSO
Head-on, shell-on. The whole shrimp, nothing removed.
HLSO
Headless, shell-on. Head removed; shell and tail retained. The format most often quoted in count grades.
PD
Peeled and deveined. Shell removed, digestive tract removed through a back cut.
PDTO
Peeled and deveined, tail-on. The last tail segment is left as a handle for retail and food service.
PUD
Peeled, undeveined. Shell removed, vein retained. Standard for small wild species and for further processing.
Easy peel
Shell scored along the back and the vein removed, shell left on. It lifts away in one piece after thawing.
Butterfly
Deep back-split and flattened, tail-on. A presentation format for grill and breaded lines.

Cephalopods · octopus, cuttlefish and squid

Forms
Whole, whole cleaned, cut, fillets, tubes, rings and tentacles.
Processing
IQF, blast or block frozen; cooked or blanched, as your line needs it.

Fish

Forms
Whole, gutted, HGT, fillets, cubes and portions.
HGT
Headed, gutted, tail off. The standard whole-fish preparation for canneries and re-processors.
IWP
Individually wrapped pack. Each fish wrapped on its own before cartoning, so one comes out clean without thawing the rest.
Processing
IQF, IWP or blast frozen.

Freezing and glaze

IQF
Individually quick frozen. Pieces frozen separately so they pour freely and can be portioned without thawing.
Semi-IQF
Pieces partially separated or layered. The practical method for head-on and shell-on product.
Block
Frozen as a solid slab to a standard carton weight. The economical format for further processing.
Blanched
Scalded briefly in hot water, then frozen. It sets the colour and firms the flesh; the product is still raw.
Pre-cooked
Cooked through, then frozen. It goes onto your line ready to use rather than ready to cook.
Glaze
A protective ice layer applied after freezing, stated as a percentage of gross weight. Always confirm whether a price is net or gross of glaze.

Capabilities

Built to specification.

Forms Frozen, chilled, canned and pre-cooked. Chilled leaves India by air.
Freezing Block, blast and IQF; blanched frozen and pre-cooked frozen. The centre of the product is taken to −18 °C.
Shrimp forms HOSO, HLSO, PD, PDTO, PUD, easy peel and butterfly. Every one of those is defined above.
Canning Sardines, mackerel and tuna. Water, brine, vegetable or olive oil, tomato sauce with or without chilli. We have canned since 1981.
Grading Graded to the specification written in your order, and checked again before packing.
Glaze and packing Glaze percentage, pack size and carton to your requirement, written into the specification before we run.
OEM and private label Your brand, your pack, your artwork. What you tell us stays with us.
Inspection Live inspection before loading: join the feed and check the cartons yourself while the container is still open.
Sourcing We source from other origins too — Vietnam, China, Thailand, Indonesia and Africa — on availability, suitable size, quality and price. Whichever factory packs it, the guarantee is ours: we inspect to our own standard before loading and stand behind every carton we ship.

Tell us what you need.

Speak to the company