In the 1990s, shapes became increasingly popular in the fish industry as customers asked for combining the natural appearance of a fish fillet and the convenience of portion control. In addition to these ‘natural’ products, innovative shapes like burgers or portions with cavities became extremely successful products. Producing shaped finger food products was the logical next step to obtain texture and sensation at the same high quality as that of the fillet shapes. Nuggets, mini-fillets, goujons – finger food products in endless variety are now available. back