We sell fresh Scottish King Prawns. That's it.
We don't sell water, by adding a 20% ice glaze on freezing.
We don't sell previously frozen Prawns, defrosted before sale and called "chilled".
Even at the furthest reaches of the UK our "tank to table" supply chain is hours and a few hundred miles.
For some reason best known to themselves the Food Standards Agency legally require us to warn you that our packs of King Prawns contain CRUSTACEANS.
It would be odd if they didn't- but please consider yourself duly warned. If you are allergic to crustaceans DO NOT eat Prawns
We don't use Sulphites to preserve our King Prawns.
Many people are allergic to Sulphites and asthmatics should avoid them. Sulphites are also dangerous in use and workers have died applying them. Disposal of used Sulphite Soak also harms the environment.
A Phosphate soak is often used to keep prawns moist during frozen storage. A side effect is that it increases their weight by about 5%.
We sell Fresh Prawns within hours of harvest not months- we don't need artificial "juiciness"
Our tanks, floors and husbandry equipment are cleaned using hot water and vinegar. Legally, we have to use approved chemicals to clean our food preparation areas- there's no 'green' alternative (yet).
We rinse our harvested Prawns in water with a dash of diluted E586- same stuff as in Strepsils throat lozenges. This gentle antibacterial rinse gets rid of the culture water- the prawns pee in it! A final rinse in Scottish tap water, a quick shake, and we're ready to pack.
It's just an absorbent pad made from wood fibres. Or maybe it's a CIA mind control chip?
It grabs any rinse water we've not managed to shake off.
We don't want our Prawns sitting in a puddle as this could alter their texture and shorten their shelf life.
Please don't eat it.