FISH & SEAFOOD PRODUCT OF THE YEAR FOR LOCH DUART SMOKED SALMON

Fish & Seafood Product of the Year for Loch Duart smoked salmon. Farm wins Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Award as part of the tasted category.

Just months after launching its very own range of smoked salmon, Loch Duart has been named Fish and Seafood Product of the year at the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards, sponsored by Asda. Judges who represent the very best in the Scottish food sector decided that Loch Duart smoked salmon, which is available in two varieties – ‘Signature Smoke’ and ‘Double Smoked’, was the best tasting and best presented.

At the award ceremony, hosted by broadcaster and journalist Kirsty Wark at Glasgow’s DoubleTree by Hilton on 4^th September, Loch Duart smoked salmon won the award, sponsored by Seafood Scotland, against three other smoked salmon products.

Mark Warrington, Managing Director of Loch Duart Salmon said:

“We’d like to thank Scotland Food & Drink and the judges for choosing Loch Duart smoked salmon as Fish and Seafood Product of the year. We are very proud of our new smoked salmon range, which was launched earlier this year and is already a favourite with top chefs and restaurants around the world. At Loch Duart we have always strived to raise the very best, premium, heritage breed Scottish salmon and we took particular care in creating a smoked product which highlighted the natural eating qualities of our fish that people already loved. I’d like to congratulate all the finalists in this year’s awards, it’s a real honour to be part of the Scottish food and drink sector, which is valued and sought out by food lovers across the globe for its quality, taste and provenance.”

 Bred from a unique lineage of wild fish from North West Scotland, Loch Duart Salmon are 100% Scottish with a traceable wild heritage; this means their salmon retain the delicious taste and eating qualities of wild salmon. Loch Duart’s unique feed, which is high in marine content, is 56.5% more carbon-friendly than standard farmed salmon diets.

For information on Loch Duart Salmon visit www.lochduart.com Buyers or businesses looking to stock the new Loch Duart smoked salmon products can contact sales@lochduart.com for sales opportunities. Samples are available on request for customers seriously considering stocking the new products. Two pack sizes are available:

• 100g retail packs – for high end retail opportunities
• 1-1.5kg side of smoked salmon – for high end food service opportunities