BetterF!sh's L’Osteria tie-up brings TU-NAH to 157 restaurants
Berlin-based alternative seafood innovator BetterF!sh is working with Italian chain L'Osteria to bring its TU-NAH product to 157 European restaurants.
The fish substitute will be used in recipes for pizza and pasta dishes. By switching out tuna for TU-NAH, L'Osteria will save 10 tones of bycatch and allowed an additional 10 tons of tuna to 'thrive undisturbed', according to BetterF!sh.
The vegan option will be available to L'Osteria diners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, England and the Czech Republic from this month.
"By cooperating with a partner like L'Osteria, we are reaching new, previously unimaginable levels of accessibility in system gastronomy. It is not only intensely exciting for us to launch in 157 restaurants in eight countries (in some of which we are making our debut), but also a real opportunity for continued expansion and the best end to 2022 that we ever could have imagined," said BetterF!sh co-founder Deniz Ficicioglu.
BetterF!sh tastes and looks like canned tuna, according to the company. It leverages mineral and iodine-rich seaweed and contains added protein content from fava beans. The TU-NAH is wheat- and soy-free, it does not contain methylcellulose, yeast extract or artificial aromas and deliberately avoids ingredients grown via monoculture farming methods.
"In less than one year our team of product developers has been able to create a delicious, vegan alternative to tuna. This is a product that will help us push the topic of saving our seas and their dwellers to the forefront," Ficicioglu said.
