Vegan seafood brand Good Catch Foods recently expanded to the prepared foods section of Whole Foods Market (WFM). Owned by parent company Gathered Foods and created by chefs and co-founders Derek and Chad Sarno, Good Catch makes vegan tuna in easy-to-use pouches in three flavors and frozen meals such as crab cakes and fish burgers, all crafted from a proprietary six-legume blend. Good Catch’s plant-based, deli-style tuna is now available by the pound in the prepared foods section of WFM in California, Oregon, Washington, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. The offering will be available in additional locations in the coming months.

Vegan tuna goes to market
“We’re so excited to launch our foodservice product with Whole Foods Market, an important retail partner of ours, to bring our products into the culinary fold with this exclusive offering of our plant-based deli-style tuna,” Chad Sarno told VegNews. “In addition to this exciting launch, we’re looking forward to continuing our foodservice expansion this year, from fast-casual restaurants to other food retailers.”

Last year, the American brand expanded to the United Kingdom, Europe (the Netherlands and Spain), and Canada.The WFM partnership is Good Catch’s second foodservice partnership, following last year’s launch of an exclusive Tuna Melt at vegan restaurant chain Veggie Grill. Good Catch has aggressive international foodservice expansion plans for 2021.