At an anniversary party that I recently attended, a large platter of iced shrimp for shrimp cocktail was one of the food buffet items. Sitting in the middle of the shrimp ring was a bowl of seafood cocktail sauce and alongside the bowl sat two bottles of Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce. As soon as I saw the brand of seafood cocktail sauce being used, I decided to try some shrimp and I’m glad that I did.
For many years, I have considered this brand of seafood cocktail sauce to be the tastiest and best overall sauce of its kind. Presented here, is one food writer’s product review of Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce.
Size
The net weight of the standard sized jar of Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce is 12 ounces. According to the product label, the container holds approximately five .25 cup servings. In physical size, the container is close in size to a medium – sized bottle of catsup.
Price
The regular retail price charged for one 12 ounce container of Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce at Hartford, Connecticut area supermarkets is approximately $2.00. That works out to roughly $0.40c per serving, which I think is reasonable for a specialty item such as this. This delicious seafood cocktail sauce is also frequently on sale at the same supermarkets for approximately $1 per container.
Consistency / Texture
This tasty seafood cocktail sauce features a very pleasing consistency that is not too thick and not too thin. This tomato paste based sauce features very small pieces of what appear to be horseradish floating throughout and the sauce clings well to any type of item it is applied to. Personally, I find the consistency and mouth feel of Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce to be very satisfying.
Nutritional Facts
Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce contains 100 calories, with 0 calories from fat, per .25 cup serving. This delicious cocktail sauce also contains 0 grams trans fat, 0 grams total fat, 750 mg of sodium, 25 grams total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 13 grams of sugars and 1 gram of protein, per .25 cup serving.
Taste / Flavor
Whenever cocktail sauce was served at home or at close relatives’ houses when I was growing up, the brand that was served was Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce.
I have eaten other brands of bottled seafood cocktail sauce and I have made the sauce from – scratch many times, but I think that Crosse & Blackwell makes the best tasting, most well – balanced bottled seafood cocktail sauce I have tried.
If you’re a fan of with seafood cocktail sauce, then you’ll appreciate the tantalizing flavor that this sauce offers. If you’ve never eaten it, think of ketchup with a horseradish kick.
The vibrant tomato base is accented well by vinegar, horseradish, worcestershire sauce, onion, red pepper and garlic. This sauce offers a very pleasant bite that lets you know it’s there, but doesn’t overwhelm. I like the flavor of Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce so much, I sometimes eat it plain and / or on crackers. On a flavor scale of one through ten, I would rate this item a 10. It should be noted that I almost never assign any products a 10 rating.
Packaging
Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce is packaged in a thin and shapely glass bottle. The green and black front label features a close up illustration of a piece of shrimp and the rear label lists all pertinent ingredient and nutritional information. The bottle is easy to open and it re closes effectively.
Overall Rating
To be completely honest, I only have positive things to say about Crosse & Blackwell Seafood Cocktail Sauce. This sauce features a very pleasing horseradish ‘kick’ that endears itself well to the palate. This reasonably priced item is stocked and sold at supermarkets across America and is highly recommended by this food writer.
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