Manila was born from a passion for high quality natural foods made possible by combining decades of experience in aquaculture and food production with a commitment to environmentally sound practices in pristine settings.
After ten years, we are proud to be producing some of the best premium rainbow trout in the planet while fostering safe environmental practices that safeguard the purity of Patagonia’s waters.
The combination between Lake Alicura's rapidly moving waters, ideal temperatures and low densitiy aquaculture create an optimal environment for raising natural rainbow trout.
Safe environmental practices, high quality infrastructure and a fully trained and stable staff allow us to operate responsibly within the boundaries of a National Park.
We strive for the freshness and authenticity of a line caught wild rainbow trout.
Our process starts in beautiful Lago Alicura, where fresh glacier fed waters and clear skies provide an optimum growth setting for Manila’s aquaculture.
The facility covers the grow-out phase of fish prior to harvest, starting with non genetically modified stock.
Protecting the ecosystem is important to us. We use only untreated nets in our cages and pressure wash them daily. Our feed contains no antibiotics, added growth hormones, land animal by-products or preservatives.
We harvest weekly into bins with ice and water to quickly lower the temperature to 2 degrees centigrade and transport the harvested product to our processing plant in self-owned vehicles.
Fresh fillets are gel-packed and exported within 48 hours of harvest, while frozen products are bulk-shipped per the requirements of specific customers.
Every aspect of our process is third-party audited annually by IMO (Switzerland), complies with Whole Foods Market standards and is fully traceable.
Our farm produces two different lines of Rainbow Trout, both raised to natural standards.
Our NATURAL line is a white trout (no color added to the feed) certified to IMO Swiss AG standards. This is the type of Rainbow Trout most found in the American market
Our PATAGONIA line has color added to the feed, to match the color of wild rainbow trout found in Patagonia Rivers and Lakes
Our products are available in multiple presentations
Fresh trout plastic wrapped in 11.4 Lb. (6Kg) styrofoam boxes with Gelpacks and optional TTR
Frozen block/IQF trout in 27 Lb. (12 Kg) cardboard boxes
We ship FRESH and FRO ZEN product to our customers in Argentina and abroad.
We can support full container and partial containers for land and sea shipments as well as air freight shipments in bulk
