Nothing beats a healthy, appealing, food product with a really unique selling point. That’s the promise of G’Day Gourmet, a company whose goal is to provide exciting flavor experiences for consumers while reducing their exposure to mercury. G’Day Gourmet will be among the exhibitors at the Australian Pavilion at the 53rd Summer Fancy Food Show (Booth #4252), July 8-10, at the Javits Center in New York City.
True to its goal, G’Day Gourmet offers the most tantalizing premium-quality flavored tuna products combined with some of the lowest levels of mercury available.
As G’Day Gourmet President Mark Niemiec explains, “We offer spiced-up varieties of tuna in flavors like Chili, Lemon Pepper, Tomato Basil, Tomato Salsa, Mild Indian Curry and Tomato Onion, as well as wild-caught Alaskan pink salmon in Lemon Pepper, Chili and Smoked flavors. Unlike so many foods that are either good-tasting or good for you, our products are both. Plus they’re flavored with some of the world’s most delectable spices to bring a healthy variety to everyone’s diet.â€
G’Day Gourmet naturally-flavored tuna is made using only light Skipjack tuna wild-caught from the pristine waters surrounding southern Australia. Based on extensive testing by the FDA* and similar international groups, it is widely accepted that Skipjack is low in mercury compared to species such as Albacore, Yellowfin and Bigeye.
Because Skipjack is one of the smallest species of tuna, because it is relatively low on the food chain, and because it matures at a relatively young age, it accumulates less mercury than the larger tuna species. In addition, G’Day Gourmet’s products are made with nothing less than top-quality, all-natural ingredients like non-GMO expeller-pressed canola oil and select tomatoes, onions, peppers and herbs. Each variety is a natural source of omega-3 and is ‘dolphin safe’.
Low mercury is one way G’Day Gourmet does seafood right. Another is their commitment to using only sustainably harvested wild-caught fish in their products, in line with Australia's stewardship approach to the environment as a whole.
G’Day Gourmet gets its Skipjack from the coastal waters around Australia and New Zealand, where the species is not over-fished and is doing well, as verified by reporting requirements as well as regional and national observer programs, including a vessel monitoring program to ensure responsible fishing practices -- practices which G’Day Gourmet supports 100%.
At the same time, all of the Alaskan Pink salmon used in G’Day Gourmet products are sourced from a fishery which has received certification from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), recognized worldwide as a leader in promoting sustainable fishing practices. G’Day Gourmet is proud to be a licensee of the MSC logo, which will be incorporated in their label soon to help increase awareness among consumers of the importance of eating seafood that is harvested sustainably.