{"id":12536,"date":"2022-03-09T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/?p=12536"},"modified":"2022-03-15T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T09:56:43","slug":"balfego-tuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/balfego-tuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfeg\u00f3 Tuna: from the Mediterranean directly to the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Balfeg\u00f3 has achieved the role of a <\/span>leading company in the commercialization of Mediterranean bluefin tuna.<\/b> We\u2019re currently focused on exports, specifically to the US and Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

A large part of our success is due to the fact that we are the only company that can offer a fresh, high-quality product like Balfeg\u00f3 bluefin tuna anywhere around the world while ensuring the success of the entire supply chain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Balfeg\u00f3 in Barcelona, the only company that sells bluefin tuna year round<\/b><\/h2>\n

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In the fishing world, we\u2019ve been able to achieve our vision and evolve into what we consider the new, 3.0 version of fishing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more than 5 generations, we\u2019ve been dedicated to bluefin tuna and our hard work has allowed us to <\/span>sell fresh bluefin tuna 365 days a year with both a consistent quality and at market price<\/b>. We\u2019re in charge of the entire process: from capturing and keeping the tuna alive to feeding them, sacrificing them, and selling them until they reach the final customer.
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\nBalfeg\u00f3 Keys to Success for the International Sale of Sustainable Bluefin Tuna<\/b><\/h2>\n

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1. Pioneering Fishing Model<\/b><\/h5>\n

We fish between May and June, which is when the tuna come to the Mediterranean to reproduce. We get close with our fleet and fish using the fencing technique, which allows us to capture the ideal Thunnus thynnus fish to transfer them, alive, to our 2.5 nautical mile-long facilities on the east of L\u2019Ametlla de Mar (Tarragona, Spain). It is an area divided into 10 plots fenced by nets in an area where the waters receive the nutrients that the Ebro river sends to the sea through the Delta and where we <\/span>feed the tuna exclusively with blue fish, like the mackerel or sardine.<\/b><\/p>\n

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2. Individual Identification<\/b><\/b><\/h5>\n

Consumers are increasingly demanding information about the origin of their food and products that they consume. At Balfeg\u00f3, we support this right and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve bet on developing our own tracking system<\/span><\/em><\/a> that transparently shows our entire sales process from capture until the tuna is served on a plate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Both clients and the final consumer can access this information through a <\/span>QR code<\/b> that is provided with each portion and therefore access all the information about the bluefin tuna that they are buying or eating: they can learn the date and zone of capture, the weight, length or fat level, in addition to <\/span>health, quality, and environmental sustainability certificates<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>pioneering tracking system in the fishing sector <\/b>serves as a guarantee for restaurants, distributors, and consumers in general, given that it allows them to be fully informed about the portion\u2019s tracking information thanks to our desire to be transparent, responsible, and sustainable.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

3. Demand-based orders\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/h5>\n

We\u2019re capable of sending our fresh, <\/span>bluefin tuna across the ocean in 48 hours<\/b>. For example, if we are fishing on a Tuesday in Catalu\u00f1a (Spain), our tuna can arrive, completely fresh, at LAX by Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

We always fish based on demand and we employ the individual extraction method and the <\/span>Japanese sacrifice technique of ikejime<\/span><\/em><\/a>, <\/b>which guarantees a stress-free product, obtaining a <\/span>high quality and excellent gastronomical value <\/b>for the quality of its meat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the boats arrive with the captured tuna, they go to the ship where they are prepared to be sent to their destination, either whole or cut up. They are washed and once they are ready, they are distributed for shipment. Some of them travel whole by plane to their destination and can be on the table in just 48 hours.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

4. Unmatched in the Market for Measuring Fat Percentage\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Our passion for achieving excellence has led us to be the <\/span>only company in the world that measures the fat percentage of each piece<\/b> and extracts the tuna from the sea at the optimal moment of fat percentage, always meeting client demand. This fact ensures that we adapt completely to the market, based on needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Balfeg\u00f3 bluefin tuna has between 8% and 12% of fat, an ideal percentage that\u2019s highly valued in the United States, given that the <\/span>fat determines the taste, quality, and use of each part,<\/b> just like with ham and pork products.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The optimal level of fat in bluefin tuna begins in the fishing process; that\u2019s why we <\/span>control their diet until we obtain the fat percentage that our clients desire<\/b>. This is one of the keys to success of the brand. Frequently, tuna that are fished in the Mediterranean lose a significant amount of their fat, due to the large journey they\u2019ve made from the Atlantic. At Balfeg\u00f3, they recover that fat and arrive at the optimal percentage; it\u2019s a revolutionary system that has <\/span>allowed us to make the sale of fresh, bluefin tuna a year round business<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Our Commitment to Quality and Sustainability is Behind our Actions<\/b><\/h2>\n

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For all Balfeg\u00f3 members, one of the most important things in business is our commitment to sustainability<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span> that goes much further than what regulations enforce. <\/span>We work towards a sustainable future <\/b>because it\u2019s the only way to guarantee that future generations have a fishing product like bluefin tuna.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

For more than five generations, we\u2019ve been dedicated to bluefin tuna and we\u2019ve spent the entire time researching and protecting this sector to conserve the continuity of both the species itself and its habitat, the ocean.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Balfeg\u00f3 has achieved the role of a leading company in the commercialization of Mediterranean bluefin tuna. We\u2019re currently focused on exports, specifically to the US and Japan. A large part of our success is due to the fact that we are the only company that can offer a fresh, high-quality product like Balfeg\u00f3 bluefin tuna … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12536"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13025,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536\/revisions\/13025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}