Vesteraalens AS is an innovative seafood and marine ingredients company established in 1912. Known in Norway for producing the iconic canned fishballs. We supplied the famous polar explorer, Roald Amundsen, with proviants for his expeditions over one century ago.
In 2012 Vesteraalens went in a new direction. Based on sustainable harvesting of fresh marine raw materials from the arctic waters of Northern Norway, we decided to expand our business into the marine ingredients and supplement market. Today we serve customers all over the world with the highest quality Omega-3 oils.
Vesteraalens mission is to, through an extensive network of partners, build the world leading value chain for white fish. Our cooperation stretches from tight partnership with the fishing vessels, through the receiving stations and all the way to formulation work and design of finished consumer products together with our customers.
We build our business on carefully harvesting resources from the arctic waters in our region. Being dependent on nature, we are committed to harvest in a sustainable way and utilize the potential of our resources.
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Vesteraalens Canned Seafood
A NORWEGIAN ICON FOR OVER HUNDRED YEARS
Vesteraalens adventurous journey began way back in the year 1912. Throughout all these years, Vesteraalens has produced first-class quality seafood products. The iconic green-colored fish tin can has been the company’s flagship from the very beginning, loved by Norwegians for more than a century.
In 1917, Vesteraalens was contacted by the famous Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, he needed food supplies for his polar expedition. Roald Amundsen was a pioneer and understood the nutritional needs needed to survive in difficult conditions. Vesteraalens was ordered to produce supplies for Roald Amundsen’s expedition through the northeast passage in 1918-1922. Click the button bellow and read more about the canned seafood from Vesteraalens.
Vesteraalens Arctic Ingredients
PREMIUM QUALITY OMEGA3 FISH OILS
We believe in utilizing the raw material. Vesteraalens strategy is to utilize the entire fish. With a growing world population we strongly believe that what can be utilized for food purposes should go directly into food applications. The other ingredients from the skin to the liver, will serve other markets. This is, in our opinion, the most ethical and environmentally friendly direction.
Vesteraalens Arctic Ingredients delivers fish oil to a number of application areas. You will find our high quality oil in a wide variety of sports nutrition, used by the worlds top athletes and the functional foods segment with examples such as: Omega-3 chocolate and bread.
Click the button bellow to read more about our high quality fish oil.
Vesteraalens Arctic Ingredients
PREMIUM QUALITY OMEGA3 FISH OILS
We believe in utilizing the raw material. Vesteraalens strategy is to utilize the entire fish. With a growing world population we strongly believe that what can be utilized for food purposes should go directly into food applications. The other ingredients from the skin to the liver, will serve other markets. This is, in our opinion, the most ethical and environmentally friendly direction.
Vesteraalens Arctic Ingredients delivers fish oil to a number of application areas. You will find our high quality oil in a wide variety of sports nutrition, used by the worlds top athletes and the functional foods segment with examples such as: Omega-3 chocolate and bread.
Click the button bellow to read more about our hig quality fish oil.
Our keen focus on sustainable fisheries has earned us accreditation to mark our oil-products with the “Friend of the Sea” labels. Carefully harvesting the ocean without forgetting mother earth.
Vesteraalens oil-products comes from a fishery that has been independently certified to the MSC’s standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery. www.msc.org