RÖDEL’S SARDINES
The Secret of Perfection
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Our fishing season runs only from May to October, when sardines are at their nutritional best and naturally richest in healthy fats. We respect their breeding season—and nature’s timeless cycle of renewal and life.
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Our Sardines are caught exclusively in protected waters off the coast of Brittany. They come exclusively from the Bay of Concarneau, the waters around the Glénan archipelago and Cape Trévignon.
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Our cannery is located in Concarneau, known as the “sardine capital”. Every August, the town hosts the renowned Fête des Filets Bleus – the Festival of the Blue Nets.
Local fishermen use the traditional purse-seine fishing method known as bolinche. We work exclusively with nine fishing families from Concarneau.
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We guarantee that sardines caught in the morning are packed into tins that very same day. They are never frozen – we use only fresh fish.
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Every sardine is cleaned by hand and carefully arranged in the tin. Before being packed, the sardines are fried for 30 seconds to seal the surface and preserve the firmness of the flesh.
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We use only first-class ingredients, including olive oil, salt and lemons sourced from carefully selected farms.
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The quality of our product will always be more important than its cost. We never compromise.
Rödel indicates on each lid when, by whom, and where the fish were caught.
“Furthermore, access to the cannery is almost as restricted as admission to Eton: 100 % of the candidates must be Breton, that is to say wild, right size and optimal fat.
Concerning morality, the Rödel Recipes and Instructions Book is unequivocal: “Frozen and deep-frozen sardines, whatever their apparent quality and presentation, will be systematically turned away. This rule tolerates no exception.”
Only sardines freshly recruited during the five months of the fishing season will be allowed to pass the cannery barrier.
Endowed with such a pedigree, the Rödel sardine becomes the indispensable companion of chosen moments.
Not all sardines
are equal.
They are ONLY ONE
Original Sardines Pilchard
A small fishing boat sets out each morning to a carefully selected location, returns the very same day, and the fish are processed while still fresh.
