Alaska pollock was the main ingredient in an Iron Chef competition aimed at getting more fish onto school lunch trays.
The annual Child Nutrition Industry Conference held by the School Nutrition Association occurred in Seattle earlier this month — and Alaska's pollock producers made sure fish was in the spotlight.
"We had the opportunity to create a seafood Iron Chef competition so school food service directors could work with pollock and create new menu ideas in a competitive environment," said Pat Shanahan, project director for the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers trade group, a leader in getting good seafood on school menus.
For the Iron Chef challenge, 24 school district directors were divided into three teams, and each had a different pollock product to work with: Baja fish sticks from Trident Seafoods, a potato crunch strip from American Seafoods, and an unbreaded pollock wedge from Fishery Products International.
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