Premium crabmeat by a company committed to environmental stewardship (Photo: Blue Star)

Leading the Way to Green

Blue Star has been proudly processing, packaging and selling pasteurized Blue Crab meat in the United States since 1995. Blue Star’s products are currently sold in The United States, Mexico, Canada, The Caribbean, United Kingdom, France, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Blue Star process crab meat in 12 plants throughout Southeast Asia, employing thousands and producing an annual average of over seven million pounds of high quality crab meat (3.174.000 kilograms approximately).

Blue Star has been processing, packaging and selling pasteurized Blue Crab meat in the United States since 1995

Blue Star is strongly devoted to sustainability. The company is committed to reducing energy and cutting its carbon footprint in all its processing plants, it has also implemented recycling initiatives and the use of energy efficient light bulbs in an effort to help the environment.

Blue Star leads the pasteurized crab meat industry in sustainable and ethical packaging. The company’s green pouches for Eco-Fresh crab meat are patented worldwide and pending in the USA. Since their introduction in 2003, these pouches have saved more than 866 tons of metal can packaging material, becoming the first company to package their crab meat in this revolutionary and eco-friendly way.

Pouches also consume less overall energy and release fewer total greenhouse gases than cups. With the help of the company’s environmentally conscious customers, Blue Star's Eco-Fresh Pouches are on their way to becoming the industry standard for ethical and sustainable packaging.

John R. Keeler

"Our priority is to provide the highest quality crab meat while maintaining the highest sustainability standards. We take great pride in respecting and protecting our oceans. We do so by implementing strict fishing guidelines and ensuring sustainability through ethical action, sustainable packaging and social responsibility”, says John R. Keeler, President and CEO of Blue Star Foods.

Blue Star's crab meat is HAACP approved and receives a third party inspection at its plants every year, ensuring the safety and quality of its product.

About Blue Star Food Products

Blue Star began 15 years ago in founder John R. Keeler’s kitchen. Since then, it has certainly grown up.

Just four years after its conception, Blue Star was named one of the 500 Largest Hispanic Privately Owned Companies in the USA by Hispanic Business Magazine, and has received this honour ever year since.

Throughout its history, Blue Star has maintained a steadfast passion and loyalty to its customers, the community, the environment and to quality.

Photos and Video: Blue Star Food Products

Margaret E.L. Stacey
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