Crustalicious

Crustalicious is a Dutch company that solves ecological challenges by extracting high-quality meat from invasive and underutilized crab species found in European waters. Founded operations at its facility in Colijnsplaat, the business utilizes an autonomous processing line to remove heavy metals and PCBs, transforming these "plague" crabs into a sustainable protein ingredient for global culinary applications.

• Products: Offers fresh uncooked frozen crab meat from green, Chinese mitten, velvet swimmer, blue swimmer, and brown crab species available from late 2024 onward.
• Services: Provides custom pricing based on volume and supplies clean, nutritious paste suitable for dumplings, surimi, cakes, and various other recipes.
• Industries: Targets the food sector by converting nuisance crabs that threaten local ecosystems into valuable ingredients rich in protein and Omega fatty acids.

The company focuses on sustainable harvesting to address global protein needs without decimating marine populations or relying on traditional labor-intensive extraction methods.