Middle East HORECA & Foodservice Direct

Premium Seafood & Shrimps for Dubai, KSA & GCC

Q: What do Gulf importers need from a seafood supplier?

Health certification accepted by the destination authority, Halal certification, and a cold chain that survives the last mile in summer conditions. Our GCC HORECA supply ships daily by air into Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Doha and Muscat with SFDA-compliant Halal and TRACES documentation.

Q: Can you supply on a recurring weekly or monthly schedule?

Yes, and for HORECA and distributor accounts it is the normal arrangement. We agree a standing volume and delivery day, hold the allocation against it, and adjust ahead of seasonal demand peaks. Continuous programmes also make certification and documentation routine instead of a per-shipment exercise.

Q: Which Mediterranean species do you export?

Sea bass and sea bream are the volume species, alongside meagre, amberjack, rainbow trout, shrimp, blue crab and oysters. Sizes, grades and presentation — whole gutted, fillet, fresh or frozen — are set per order, because a retail chain and an airline caterer need different things from the same fish.

Q: Which documents come with each shipment?

A commercial invoice and packing list, a health or veterinary certificate for products of animal origin, a certificate of origin, and the certificate of analysis or technical datasheet for the batch. EU-bound consignments are additionally pre-notified through TRACES. Any extra document your import permit names is added to that set.

Q: Do you ship by air or by sea?

By whichever the cargo tolerates. Eyed ova, fresh fish and HORECA orders go by air freight because hours matter. Frozen seafood, Artemia cysts, microalgae powder and feed ingredients travel by reefer or dry container, which is materially cheaper per kilo and perfectly safe for those products.

Q: What are typical lead times?

Live feed, microalgae and stocked feed ingredients usually ship within a week of order confirmation. Fresh Mediterranean seafood is harvested to order and leaves within days. Salmonid ova are the exception: they ship against the hatchery's stripping and eyeing calendar, so volumes are best reserved months ahead of the incubation date you are planning for.

Direct daily air-freight and cold-chain reefer supply of Mediterranean Sea Bass, Sea Bream, and Jumbo Shrimps for hotel chains, fine dining, and airline catering in Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Doha, and Muscat.

Halal-Certified Slaughter• Direct Flight ADB → DXB / RUH / DOH• SFDA & ESMA Documentation

Air & Cold-Chain Route Telemetry

Türkiye Central Supply HubGulf Region Airports

Live Flight Corridors

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Destination GCC Airport

Dubai International Airport

United Arab Emirates

Flight Corridor:4.5h Direct Cargo Flight

Cold-Chain Control:0.5 °C Insulated Flight Box

Regulatory Approvals:

UAE ESMA CertifiedHalal ApprovedDoor-to-Door DDP

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Direct Middle East HORECA Supply

GCC Air Freight & Cold-Chain Logistics

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Direct Flight Schedule0 °C Chilled Skin-Pack

Dubai & Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Transit Time

< 4.5 Hours Air / 7 Days Reefer

Clearance Port

DXB / AUH Air & Jebel Ali Port

Compliance & Certification

Halal & UAE ESMA Documentation

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Master Carton & Portion Control

HORECA Product Portfolio

Fresh-chilled and IQF deep-frozen products formatted for executive chefs and hotel banquets.

Top HORECA Seller

Jumbo Black Tiger & Vannamei Shrimps

Penaeus monodon / Litopenaeus vannamei

Premium grade wild & farmed shrimps tailored for luxury hotel banquets, grill restaurants, and sushi bars across the GCC.

HORECA Specifications:

Head-On Shell-On (HOSO) & Peeled Deveined (P&D)

Count Sizes: 16/20, 21/25, 26/30, 31/40 per lb

IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) & Protective Glaze

Master Box: 10 × 1 kg net weight cartons

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24h Air Delivery

Fresh Mediterranean Sea Bass (Branzino)

Dicentrarchus labrax

Freshly harvested from clean Aegean waters, delivered via direct air freight to Dubai, Riyadh, and Doha within 24 hours of harvest.

HORECA Specifications:

Whole Gutted & Scaled (WGS) or Skin-Pack Fillets

Portion Control Cuts: 120g, 160g, 200g, 220g pin-bone-out

0 °C Chilled Air Freight (DXB/RUH/DOH)

TRACES pre-notified with SFDA export documentation

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Year-Round Harvest

Fresh Mediterranean Sea Bream (Dorade)

Sparus aurata

Firm white meat with rich oil content, ideal for fine dining seafood grills, salt-baked presentation, and hotel buffets.

HORECA Specifications:

Whole Fresh-Chilled (300/400g, 400/600g, 600/800g)

Deep Frozen IQF Fillets & Butterfly Cuts

Styrofoam Insulated Master Boxes with Ice Packs

52-Week Continuous Harvest Availability

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Why Leading GCC Hotel Chains Partner With VARS

Built for the stringent food safety, consistency, and presentation demands of 5-star kitchens.

Executive Portion Control

Calibrated 120g–220g pin-bone-out fillets and exact-count shrimp master cartons reduce kitchen prep labor and control food cost per plate.

Daily Air-Freight Cold Chain

Direct flight corridor from İzmir (ADB) to Dubai (DXB), Riyadh (RUH), and Doha (DOH) maintaining strict 0 °C to 2 °C temperature logs.

GCC Regulatory Compliance

Full documentation for SFDA (Saudi Arabia), UAE ESMA, Qatar MOPH, and Oman Ministry of Agriculture with certified Halal slaughter approval.

Custom Vacuum Skin Packing

Extends fresh shelf-life up to 14 days in kitchen chillers while preventing drip loss, oxidization, and freezer burn.

Direct Hotel & F&B Wholesale

Request Middle East HORECA Master Price List

Connect directly with our Middle East seafood export desk. We provide sample master boxes, air-freight schedules, and contract volume pricing for hotel groups, catering firms, and regional distributors.

Door-to-door DDP / CIP pricing for Dubai & Riyadh

Custom portion control sample cartons available

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Health certification accepted by the destination authority, Halal certification, and a cold chain that survives the last mile in summer conditions. Our GCC HORECA supply ships daily by air into Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Doha and Muscat with SFDA-compliant Halal and TRACES documentation.

Yes, and for HORECA and distributor accounts it is the normal arrangement. We agree a standing volume and delivery day, hold the allocation against it, and adjust ahead of seasonal demand peaks. Continuous programmes also make certification and documentation routine instead of a per-shipment exercise.

Sea bass and sea bream are the volume species, alongside meagre, amberjack, rainbow trout, shrimp, blue crab and oysters. Sizes, grades and presentation — whole gutted, fillet, fresh or frozen — are set per order, because a retail chain and an airline caterer need different things from the same fish.

A commercial invoice and packing list, a health or veterinary certificate for products of animal origin, a certificate of origin, and the certificate of analysis or technical datasheet for the batch. EU-bound consignments are additionally pre-notified through TRACES. Any extra document your import permit names is added to that set.

By whichever the cargo tolerates. Eyed ova, fresh fish and HORECA orders go by air freight because hours matter. Frozen seafood, Artemia cysts, microalgae powder and feed ingredients travel by reefer or dry container, which is materially cheaper per kilo and perfectly safe for those products.

Live feed, microalgae and stocked feed ingredients usually ship within a week of order confirmation. Fresh Mediterranean seafood is harvested to order and leaves within days. Salmonid ova are the exception: they ship against the hatchery's stripping and eyeing calendar, so volumes are best reserved months ahead of the incubation date you are planning for.