Our fresh Tilapia is grown naturally and packaged in Northwest Honduras and now in our new location, Southern Mexico. These locations allow us to deliver by land, sea or air, which gives you flexibility and allows us to overcome transportation contingencies. This close proximity to the states allows Regal to provide our grocery and foodservice clients with consistently fresh and abundant supplies of tilapia on a daily basis.
Regal transports most of the fresh fish by air, however in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, Regal is shipping a portion of its fresh product to the US by boat (ocean shipping consumes 98 percent less fuel than air). Due to advances in refrigeration technology, OceanChill™ Fresh Tilapia, the ocean-shipped product, arrives fresh and has the same shelf life as product shipped by air.
As the product comes off the line at our plant in Honduras, it is super-chilled at 29 degrees to 31 degrees Fahrenheit where they will remain at that temperature for the 3-day trip to Miami.
Studies are finding the aerobic plate counts, indicating the level of microorganisms in a product, are lower in ocean-shipped product than fish shipped next day. OceanChill™ is specifically trademarked to be sure the customer knows exactly what they are buying.