Starfish, Inc. offers three types of gluten-free battered fish – Halibut, Cod and Haddock. We tried the Haddock and it was extremely tasty when baked – blowing away all other gluten-free battered fish I’ve tried. Even so, I’d probably prefer it pan fried. The directions called for baking or deep frying but according to other reviews, with enough oil in the pan the fish fries up fine without a deep fryer. The issue for me was the color – when the fish is baked it gets golden but not golden brown as stated on the package. The finished baked fish looks nothing like the picture on the box and that is the only negative aspect to it for me. It still tasted great!
The coating is very light and crispy and with the oven cooking method, there was nothing greasy about it. My husband is not a fan of anything fried, but he really liked this fish. It was kind of shocking that he liked it so much and wanted to make sure that I’d picked up the box marked gluten-free. I had, but the boxes for gluten-free and gluten fish are very similar so read the label carefully if they are next to each other in the freezer case.
The ingredients for the Haddock are: Haddock, water, yellow corn flour, rice flour, modified corn starch, salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), garlic powder, onion powder, zanthan gum, guar gum, canola oil. The only allergen listed is fish and the box is marked nut free, soy free, milk free, egg free, wheat free and of course, gluten-free.
As you would expect with a battered food that has been cooked in oil before it’s packaged, the fish is fairly high in fat and calories. The 10 oz. box states there are three servings, but it was exactly two for us. My share was about 40% of the box contents and my husband had the other 60%. That means my serving was about 240 calories, instead of the 200 stated on the package.
What is really nice about this fish is that the pieces are natural portions of fish – not minced or ground pieces of fish. There are no artificial ingredients added to either the batter or the fish. Of interest to me, the back of the box explains (in very simple terms) what gluten and celiac disease are. Though such information would not seem out of place on a product with ‘gluten-free’ in the brand name, it was kind of odd – in a good way – to see it on this product.
Until the company appeared at the Atlanta GF Vendor Fair, I’d never heard of this product line. This brand is supposed to be available at all U.S. Whole Foods stores and is already in Atlanta area locations. To find out if you can buy this great new product near you – check out the product finder sheet from the Starfish website.
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We have tried 2 of the types of fish available from this brand and they really were very good. Bought them on sale at the big Whole Foods in downtown Austin a couple months ago. Would definitely get them again. Haven’t seen them at the smaller Whole Foods closer to me, but they may be there.