Brakes, the UK’s leading foodservice wholesaler, has launched Portico Seafood, a new range of high quality, frozen fish and seafood.

Sourced from specially selected fisheries, Portico Seafood combines quality, value and consistency to provide customers with the best of the catch, allowing them to capitalise on the growing demand for alternative centre of plate options.

The initial range has a choice of premium frozen fish such as monkfish, Cornish sole and seabass as well popular everyday menus items including scampi, MSC breaded cod, salmon fillets suprême and prawns.

The range is planned to grow to 150 products over the next 18 months and all the products are freshly frozen to provide maximum convenience and year-round availability.

Portico Seafood offers two distinct tiers of Classic and Premium helping customers to more easily identify the products that best meet the quality and value that they need. Portico Seafood Classic offers high quality products that are equal to or better than other national or leading brands, while Portico Seafood Premium delivers exacting specifications, premium performance, and exceptional value.

Paul Nieduszynski, CEO at Sysco GB, said: “For businesses that serve seafood, Portico delivers consistent, quality products sourced with integrity and a commitment to food safety. Our seafood is harvested with immense respect for the environment and focused on advancing sustainable seafood practices to ensure quality seafood can be enjoyed for generations to come.

“With the wide variety of products on offer, we’re confident that the range will contain all the key ingredients to make fish a tasty part of any menu.”

Brakes and its parent company Sysco are committed to protecting the fishing industry and fish stocks and ensuring our people and suppliers consider the environment at every part of the procurement and supply chain process.

Portico Seafood products are all governed by Sysco’s Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) criteria. They meet the highest standards of food safety, quality and consistency, with the Sysco Quality Assured logo guaranteeing all products have been evaluated against detailed specifications, and many of the products distributed by Brakes are also assured under the MSC certification scheme.