Buffalo Shrimp
Buffalo shrimp pairs a crispy breaded base with a bold buffalo finish — an easy win for the appetiser freezer. We tune the heat, coating and sauce format to your brand.
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Product overview
Breaded tail-off butterfly shrimp with a tangy, spicy buffalo finish. Party food, game-day appetiser, snack. Retail boxes, with the buffalo flavour in-coating or as a toss-in sauce.
Applications
- Retail frozen
- Foodservice
- Party & sharing
Product information
Reference data for the displayed configuration. Confirm the final specification for your market before launch.
- Species
- Vannamei
- Base
- Breaded tail-off butterfly shrimp
- Flavour
- Buffalo-style: cayenne pepper sauce, garlic, vinegar, paprika, spices
- Format
- Buffalo seasoning baked into the coating, or a separate toss-in sauce
- Ingredients
- Shrimp, Wheat flour, Water, Vegetable oil, Modified corn starch, Seasoning (aged cayenne pepper sauce, garlic, paprika, spices, vinegar), Sugar, Salt, Yeast, Leavening, Natural flavour, Milk ingredients. Buffalo sauce: butter, pepper sauce (aged cayenne pepper, vinegar, salt), water, distilled vinegar.
- Allergens
- Shrimp (crustacean), wheat; milk and soy in some recipes
- Basis
- per 100 g / per serving (131 g)
- Energy
- 198 kcal / 260 kcal
- of which saturates
- 1.1 g / 1.4 g
- Cholesterol
- 61.1 mg / 80 mg
- Sodium
- 648.9 mg / 850.1 mg (37% DV per serving)
- of which fibre
- 0.8 g / 1 g
- of which sugars
- 0.8 g / 1 g
- Protein
- 9.2 g / 12.1 g
- Calcium
- 38.2 mg / 50 mg
- Iron
- 1.3 mg / 1.7 mg
- Potassium
- 114.5 mg / 150 mg
- Sodium · market requirement
- Final sodium target is set per destination market. For Canada and the US, the formulation is reviewed against the applicable front-of-pack and sodium-claim thresholds before launch.
- Internal temperature
- 145–165°F (63–74°C) depending on the product — follow the pack
- Cooking
- 425–450°F, 12–18 min, turn halfway · 400°F, 8–10 min
Packaging, storage temperature and shelf life are confirmed per the agreed specification.
Options & variations
Indicative configurations for this product line. Pack format, shrimp count, coating, treatment and preparation can be specified to your brief — not every combination is standard, so confirm availability before the first sample.
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The development opportunity
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Market rationaleWhy this format?
Buffalo shrimp brings together a high-demand protein and a format with proven retail momentum. U.S. per-capita seafood consumption was 19.1 lb in 2023, with about 80% of that seafood imported (NOAA Fisheries), so a breaded buffalo shrimp can be supplied and positioned without depending on domestic raw material. Canada imported 71,964 tonnes of shrimp worth CAD 906 million in 2025 - second only to salmon by value (DFO Canada). In the UK, roughly 70% of seafood is bought through retail and 98% of retail seafood is pre-packaged; frozen coated products grew strongly after COVID (Seafish).
Where it playsChannel and occasion
Primary placement is the frozen appetizer and seafood set in U.S. and Canadian grocery retail, where the sampled lines sit: 8 oz and 10 oz boxes in the U.S. and a 510 g box in Canada. The format can extend to club/mass multipacks and seasonal entertaining displays. Foodservice is a logical secondary channel for shareable bar and appetizer menus, but none of the sampled lines is a foodservice pack.
Product propositionWhat to differentiate?
Sauce architecture is the defining choice: buffalo seasoning built into the breading (crunch stays intact) versus a separate toss-in sauce (a stronger, wetter experience) - the choice should be explicit and matched to the cooking method. Sodium is the second lever: sampled nutrition ranges from 360 mg to 850 mg per serving, leaving room for a lower-sodium buffalo seasoning without losing heat. Third, count and pack clarity: state shrimp count per pack and grams per serving so shoppers can compare 8 oz, 10 oz and 510 g packs on protein per dollar.
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