WHAT WE DO
Growing the sustainable seafood space is our goal
ULTCO is dedicated to encouraging greater consumption and increasing awareness of the nutritional advantages of responsibly harvested seafood. We pride ourselves on innovating high quality, value added seafood that meets the needs of chefs and consumers alike. Our team brings decades of experience developing proprietary products with advanced processing techniques that create new occasions and new demand.
ULTCO offers superior quality, clean label seafood products in new and accessible formats to a broad portfolio of clients, from high-end natural food retailers and white tablecloth restaurants, to business class airline service and fast casual dining.
ULTCO is the North American subsidiary of Milarex, the most advanced value-added salmon facility in Europe.
ULTCO is proud to distribute salmon from the new frontier of salmon farming - Iceland. With a seafaring tradition that dates back centuries, our Icelandic farmers have an unparalleled commitment to quality and standards to match.
With the utmost care for their environment & fish welfare, their farming philosophy is to mimic the wild for their salmon in every way possible. Feed is comprised of high quality, locally & responsibly sourced marine protein and natural Panaferd color derived from marine micro-organisms, just the way they eat in the wild.
No synthetic color, no GMOs, no antibiotics, no hormones, no land based animal proteins, no sea lice treatments - just beautiful salmon from an untouched place reared by Icelandic farmers who have fish in their DNA.
Globally Recognized and Fully Traceable
Ice Fish Farm’s all natural approach has been recognized with the prestigious AquaGAP certification for responsible farming practices and has Trace Register capability.
Commitment to Quality & Standards to Match
The result are healthy, robust salmon with outstanding color, taste and texture.
Osland Organic is a new product from Osland Havbruk - a founding farmer shareholder of ULTCO Partner Seaborn.
Since 1962, Osland has developed and preserved Norway’s oldest trout broodstock, tailoring the optimal growth conditions for fish roe and smolt.
60 years of innovation and gene development results in the most delicious, high-quality, organically produced fish for our customers.
Norwegian Salmon & Fjord Trout
ULTCO is the exclusive North American Supplier of Norwegian Salmon & Fjord Trout from Seaborn AS. Founded in 2001 by a group of family-owned salmon and trout farms, Seaborn AS Is a co-op of completely vertically integrated second and third generation farmers.
Seaborn Norwegian Atlantic Salmon & Fjord Trout are GMO-Free, Antibiotic Free, Land Based Animal Protein Free, & Hormone Free. Seaborn's operations are certified by the Global Partnership for Good Agricultural Practices (Global G.A.P.)
Seaborn Norwegian Salmon
Although Seaborn farmers are geographically diverse, operating across 4 regions of Norway, they share common values and practices. Each one uses broodstock native to their areas so the salmon thrive in their truly natural environment.
All farmers are locally vertically integrated assuring pre-rigor processing of fresh superior grade salmon 52 weeks a year.
Seaborn Fjord Trout
The pioneers of fish farming in Norway started farming trout and some never left it. The experience gained from farming Norwegian Fjord Trout laid the foundations that made salmon farming possible a decade later.
This species (Oncorhynchus mykiss) thrives in the Norwegian fjords where glaciers and melting snow flow into these deep inlets of the sea. A favorite of professional and home chefs alike due to it’s mild flavor, vivid color and high fat content.
We pride ourselves on innovating high quality, value added seafood that meets the needs of chefs and consumers alike. Our team brings decades of experience developing proprietary products with advanced processing techniques that create new occasions and new demand. To develop these programs, we have partnered with the most state-of-the-art facilities with exacting food safety protocols and dedication to consistency.
Our facilities include:
- Completely vertically integrated supply channels that assures both quality and value
- In house design and packaging teams to formulate new concepts
- Dedicated installed production lines for current and new items
- Innovation/R&D team to develop customized solutions for our operator partners
Together, we've produced for our customers:
- Private Label programs for major retailers and club stores
- Customized formulations (cures, marinades, recipes) developed in our innovation lab
- Next gen value-added products that create new occasions for seafood Items that shine in high growth segments such as retail deli, prepared foods, sushi, 'grocerant' grab and go meals
- Ready to eat solutions for fast casual and multi-unit restaurant groups that cannot prep seafood on site, want to achieve a consistent diner experience across all doors, or are looking to decrease labor costs and maximize yields.