IQF Keeps Dickie’s Seafood Legendary

Ever wondered how corn, green beans, blueberries, and strawberries are individually frozen instead of a huge clump? It’s possible through something known as the Individually Quick Freeze (IQF) method. You may be asking what exactly IQF is to begin with. IQF foods are used to freeze each individual piece of food separately from the other pieces of food. For example, a bag of IQF peas contains individually frozen peas that are loose inside the bag as opposed to them all being lumped together in one block of frozen peas. When the food is quickly frozen, small ice crystals are formed which don’t damage the fibers of the food and retain the food’s form and freshness.

At Dickie’s Seafood, we took that method and have applied it to our Deviled Crab and Cooked and Spiced Shrimp products to retain our legendary flavor! At Dickie’s Seafood, we’ve become a household brand with a reputation for excellence thanks to our insistence on sourcing premium seafood and delivering delicious flavor. When it came to our frozen line, we knew it was important to keep delivering on that incredible flavor our loyal fans expect. 

When you slowly freeze food, large ice crystals are formed which damage the fibers of the food, forcing the food’s water content out, making them dried out and limp which is far from appetizing. With IQF, we keep ice crystals as small as possible so you can get perfect snappy bite and don’t miss out on any of Dickie’s Seafood flavor! You can find out more about the history behind IQF here in this blog post about how IQF works.

Keep an eye out in the frozen section of your favorite grocer for frozen versions of the Dickie’s products you know and love!. Why are we going frozen? Because we’re committed to moving with the times and providing you with more options for your convenience. We’re able to introduce frozen versions of our products direct from our state-of-the-art facility (which received an “A” rating from the British Retail Consortium (BRC)!) so you can be assured the high-quality and legendary taste will not be compromised. The best part of this new addition to our products is that whether the product is frozen or fresh, the legendary quality is exactly the same!

Are we the first to use IQF? No, but while other groups also use it, no one else can deliver the same “Legendary” quality frozen seafood products that Dickie’s has for over 40 years! Dickie’s Seafood is continuing to lead the way in developing processes to make shrimp taste great! We are the only seafood company on the planet using our innovative CoolSteam Laitram cooking process and IQF system!  Our unique cooking and IQF (freezing) process immediately locks in the exact freshness and fresh flavors of our products directly after cooking has occurred. Even after being frozen for 6 months our ready-to-eat products can be thawed and still taste as fresh as they were the moment they were cooked!

Dickie’s Seafood has been selling high-quality, chem-free, sustainably sourced great-tasting and ready-to-eat spiced shrimp and deviled crab products since 1978. The fact that we have been in business for over four decades means we must be doing something right and we aim to continue to serve you the same delicious, high-quality seafood you have become accustomed to.

Our frozen line of products in 2024 will include our legendary ready-to-eat Frozen Deviled Crabs served in the shell, ready-to-eat Frozen Deviled Crabs Bites and 12oz bags of ready-to-eat Frozen Spiced Shrimp which is a product no one else offers on the market! Dickie’s Seafood stands by our mission to keep sourcing premium seafood and maintaining our reputation for excellence and deliciousness. Click here to find our delicious ready-to-eat high-quality seafood products near you!