Costco Trident The Ultimate Fish Stick Review

When I picture a delicious fish stick, I imagine a big chunk of white, flaky, flavorful, tender fish surrounded by a nicely seasoned, crispy crunchy layer of thin breading. Most importantly they can’t have a fishy after-taste! When I bought a bag of Trident The Ultimate Fish Stick at Costco I expected a pretty amazing version of the classic fish stick. Are these fish sticks as ultimate as the name suggests?

Although my husband doesn’t like fish or shrimp, I’ve reviewed a ton of seafood products from Costco. Like the Kirkland Signature Stuffed Salmon, Dom Reserve Singles Steelhead Salmon Poke, Kirkland Signature Tempura Shrimp, Kirkland Signature Tilapia Loins, Trident Wild Pacific Pink Salmon Burgers, Kirkland Signature Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon, Kirkland Signature Garlic Butter Shrimp and the Kirkland Signature Everything Seasoning Breaded Cod.

Location in Store

This is located in the freezer section at Costco, near all the other frozen seafood. The item number is 816563.

Taste

These aren’t the greatest fish sticks I’ve tried but also aren’t the worst. The first thing I noticed is that they taste a bit processed, which makes sense because they’re a frozen fish stick. There’s a lot of salty breading on the pollock fillets.

The fish is is a white, tender, flaky pollock which doesn’t have a strong fishy flavor! My biggest complaint about these is that the coating between the actual fish and the breading is soggy and kind of mushy tasting but the outside of the fish stick is golden brown and crunchy. 

I gave some of these to my parents and they really enjoyed them and so did my toddler so they’re definitely okay! I think I just prefer a less processed tasting breaded fillet. They remind me of the fish sticks you’d get in a school or hospital cafeteria.

Cost

The 1.18 kilogram bag containing 60 fish sticks costs $19.99 Canadian, which isn’t bad for such a big bag!

Convenience

These are super convenient to cook, but they’re raw so you need to make sure they reach an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit. There are three different ways to cook the fish sticks, in the oven, deep fryer or microwave oven. I also think you could air fry them. We cooked them in the oven and they turned out golden brown and crispy.

Although the bag says there may be occasional bones present in the fish sticks, I didn’t find any in the ones I ate. These need to be kept frozen and the best before date is almost two years from the date we purchased them.

These go great with peas, rice, fries, coleslaw or potato salad. My toddler liked them which is great because it’s one way I can expose her to fish/seafood!

Nutrition

Calories

Three fish sticks contain 170 calories, eight grams of fat, 14 grams of carbohydrates, one gram of fibre, zero grams of sugar, 12 grams of protein and 320 milligrams of sodium. The calries, fat, carbohydrates and sodium aren’t super high but I do wish there was a bit more protein in three pieces of fish.

Ingredients

There’s more Alaskan Pollock than breading so that’s a good thing! The bag states that the pollock is wild caught and the fish sticks are made from whole fillets. I appreciate that there isn’t any soy in the ingredients but that doesn’t mean they’re very healthy.

There are additives like disodium guanylate and disodium insoinate as well as natural flavor The fish sticks contain wheat and dairy.

Scoring

Taste: 6.5/10

Cost: 7.5/10

Convenience: 8/10

Nutrition: 5/10

Overall

Walk on by!

Although my parents and toddler seemed to enjoy these, I feel like there are better options at Costco if you want breaded fish.

Have you tried the Trident The Ultimate Fish Stick? What did you think of it?

Please note that this review was not paid for or sponsored by any third party. This product was purchased by Costcuisine for the purpose of producing this review. The opinions in this review are strictly those of Costcuisine. Costcuisine is not affiliated with Costco or any of its suppliers. In the event that Costcuisine receives compensation for a post from the manufacturer of a product or some other third party, the arrangement will be clearly disclosed (including where the manufacturer of a product provides Costcuisine with a free sample of the product).