Netting a winner across the Atlantic

Names: Colin Ross and James Grimes

Company: Irish Atlantic Seafood Company

The pitch: seafood ingredients and flavourings

A shellfish-based “flavour enhancer” developed in Ballycurreen, Co Cork, is gaining traction in the global food sector.

The Irish Atlantic Seafood Company (Iasc) has partnered with another Cork company, Natural Proteins, to develop frozen muscle products for Walmart outlets in the US.

“We have four Walmart distribution centres on the east coast taking the product,” said ...