Pilchards in vegetable oil

Vegetable oil · Highest lipid calories in pilchard line · Dual sizes

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Food security

Shelf-stable marine protein

Oil-packed pilchards trade sauce viscosity for pure lipid energy, ideal when households already have tomato or onion sofrito at home and mainly need fish plus cooking medium in one can.

Chefs can drain oil for frying aromatics, then flake fish into the same pan, reducing total oil spend in ultra price-sensitive kitchens.

Ubuntu Life Resources is the strategic agent for Tonno Bonno International in Southern Africa. We coordinate pallet-ready supply, VC 8014-aligned documentation expectations, and programme volumes without anonymous marketplace sourcing.

Ideal placements

Where this SKU wins

Bulk humanitarian crates where recipients request oil-inclusive rations.
Traditional Sunday cooks who finish pilchards in self-made tomato gravy.
Small restaurants controlling sauce salt independently.
Cross-dock mixes with tomato SKUs for balanced pallet merchandising.

Nutrition & menu logic

Why buyers stock this cut

Delivers maximum kcal per shelf cm versus brine or light sauce packs, important when stunting risk tracks total energy availability.

Oil clarity signals quality control at receiving docks.

Case configuration

Standard pack metrics

Use this table for pallet math and GS1 planning. Confirm MOQ and factory rotation with Sanchia when you tender.

Product	Packing medium	Case count	Unit size
Pilchards	Vegetable oil	24	155 g
Pilchards	Vegetable oil	12	400 g

Canned fish for the South African trade is regulated under NRCS VC 8014 (thermal process, hermetic seals, heavy-metal limits). Always retain supplier COAs and import permits your channel requires.