Thai Union’s SEALECT Tuna collaborates with local chili paste brand to launch Thai-style tuna flakes

Caption : SEALECT Tuna has partnered with Pa Waen, to launch five new flavors of SEALECT spicy tuna flakes.

27 January 2020, BANGKOK – Thai Union’s SEALECT Tuna has partnered with Pa Waen, a well-known local brand for Thai mixed chili paste, to launch five new flavors of SEALECT spicy tuna flakes. The spicy chili tuna flake product line is the first of its kind in the Thai market, combining nutritious tuna meat with local flavors. The SEALECT Tuna x Pa Waen Chili tuna flakes are available at leading supermarkets in Thailand and online channels.

“At Thai Union, we do not limit our product innovation only to the lab, and responding to local demand is something we always look at. Thai food is very famous for its spicy dishes and we think collaborating with a well-known local brand to meet customers’ demands to combine a tuna dish with their favorite taste is a very good idea,” said Saran Rattanarungruengchai, General Manager – Emerging Markets at Thai Union. “The collaboration has combined our healthy and nutritious tuna with special recipes by Pa Waen, a brand developed by a respectable entrepreneur who started her business from scratch and has become famous for its mouth-watering homemade recipes. Pa Waen’s plant uses local ingredients from nearby communities.”

The SEALECT spicy tuna flakes come in five flavors, combining key Thai spices such as galangal, turmeric, bird’s eye chili, pepper, and lemongrass.

“I experimented with recipes using SEALECT tuna myself and everyone at the tasting round was very happy,” said Bang-orn Wannoi, the owner and founder of Pa Waen. “I was a farmer before and would like to help farmers in my community in Chon Buri province. Buying herbs and ingredients from them is one way to help. We will grow together.”

Caption : Saran Rattanarungruengchai, General Manager – Emerging Markets at Thai Union and Bang-orn Wannoi, the owner and founder of Pa Waen - Thai mixed chili paste

About Thai Union Group

Thai Union Group PCL is the world’s seafood leader bringing high quality, healthy, tasty and innovative seafood products to customers across the world for more than 40 years.

Today, Thai Union is regarded as the world’s largest producer of shelf-stable tuna products with annual sales exceeding THB 133.3 billion (US$ 4.1 billion) and a global workforce of over 47,000 people who are dedicated to pioneering sustainable, innovative seafood products.

The company’s global brand portfolio includes market-leading international brands such as Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar, and Rügen Fisch and Thai-leading brands SEALECT, Fisho, Qfresh, Monori, Bellotta and Marvo.

As a company committed to innovation and globally responsible behavior, Thai Union is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and a founding member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). In 2015, Thai Union introduced its SeaChange® sustainability strategy. Find out more at seachangesustainability.org. Thai Union’s on-going work on sustainability issues was recognized in 2018 and 2019 by being ranked number one in the world in the Food Products Industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, achieving a 100th percentile ranking for total sustainability score. Thai Union has now been named to the DJSI for six consecutive years. Thai Union was also named to the FTSE4Good Emerging Index for the third straight year in 2018.

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