First time seeing canned fish from Latvia. Suprisingly, I bought this from a local Asian supermarket in my city. I would expected maybe finding it in a specialty European store/delicatessen.

I tried both cans tonight and it was decent. Good chunk(s) of fish, no bones, thoroughly cooked, salmon still flake when pressed with a fork, the herring fillets tomato sauce wasn't too strong nor light, both fishes didn't have fishy smell nor slimey texture, and overall not too overly salty.

A solid 9/10 rating. I wish the seasoning was just a little stronger and salmon come in a 180g size.

Questions for fellow Latvians, is this brand available in Latvia, how is it viewed as a brand, is canned fish/foods common in Latvian cusine, and is canned foods consider an affordable option for protein?

by burnabybc

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  2. I have never seen this brand here tbh.

    As for whether canned foods are considered as an affordable option for protein, prices for animal and fish protein are not extremely high here. We are more checking out the country of origin – sometimes even local companies are packaging meat from Poland from example.

  3. Looks like “Ilios” is Canadian brand that orders from other producers. The fish might have come from producer [https://bangaltd.lv/](https://bangaltd.lv/) . Banga is a brand that is available in local grocery stores.

  4. Fish products must have traceabilty mark – oval with country of origin letters and some numbers.

  7. The salmon itself is sourced from farms in Scotland and Norway, but manufacturing in Latvia and the company itself offers food imported from all over the world. So, in short, the only thing here that is from Latvia is the national flag on the box.
    Also, The company that cans ilios salmon in Latvia is “Brīvais Vilnis”.

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