Creuses Oyster

Excellent choice

Catch: Wild

Characteristics: The flesh in the shell has faded white with sometimes what purple lines. This shell was spread in 1950s from Japan concerning the complete world. In Zeeland the ' creuse ' have become a wild type who is a threat for the flat oyster 'belons’.

Latin name: Crassostrea gigas

Catch area: Zeeland, The Netherlands