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Friday, July 2, 2010

Hake fillet skin-on

Hake fish comes from the same family as Cod andHaddock but it is tastier as compared to other whitefish. It is a small fish of averaging 1 to 8 lb in weight, but which has been known to grow up to 60 lbs. There are different species of Hake found over the world but Seawork offers the best Hake fish found in South Africa which is known as Merluccius Capensis.

Calories present in Hake fish: 75; carbohydrates: 0.5 g; fat: 0.9 g; protein: 18 g. it is also rich in calcium, phosphorus and potassium.

Seawork offers a wide variety of Hake products. There are around 15 types of Hake products that are processed at our plant including Hake skin on. All our Hake fish products are filleted by hand which guarantee our clients that top quality hake products are being offered to them.

Seawork offers Hake skin on fillets in different grading. It is available as follows:
2 - 4 Oz, 4 - 6 Oz, 6 - 8 Oz, 8 - 10 Oz, 10 - 12 Oz, 12+ Oz / 70-90 g, 90-110 g,110-130 g, 130-150 g, 150-170 g,170-220 g.

The headed and gutted Hake is de-iced, de-scaled, graded and hand filleted. The fillets are trimmed for blood, bones, fins, black membrane, parasites, roe, guts, loose fish scales, absecces and sorted, packed and quick frozen in accordance with good commercial practice to attain a product temperature of -18ºC or below.

The Hake fillet is plate frozen to attain a product temperature of -18 C or below after thermal stabilization. No glazing is done when processing the Hake fillet. The fillets must be packed skin-down and lengthwise using blue LDPE for interleaving. The product must be packed in such a way that each layer of fillets is interleaved; the fillets are not touching and can be separated easily in a frozen state.

The storage and transport temperature is kept at a minimum of -18ºC and the product can be best used before 24 months from the date of production. The weight of the carton is 5kg net and sealing is 2*5kg cartons single strap clockwise.

We give our clients a wide range of facilities like, they can order as per the grading they need the Hake products to be processed. Also, we can do our own packaging with our labeling on the cartons such as Name of product, Latin name, EU approval number, Net weight, Best before and expiry date, Batch number, Address of manufacturer, EAN 128 bar code.FAO Area, Storage conditions and Product of Namibia.

http://www.seawork.com.na/hake-fillet-skinon.html