Fremont Fish Market Wild Caught Beer Battered Cod Fillets
Sometime in the spring, grocers and restaurants suddenly explode with fish, to say nothing of the whole fish fry phenomenon. The reason is Lent, a practice in some segments of Christianity (including, but not limited to, Catholicism) that includes forgoing meat — animals who live on land — on Fridays.
Aldi has the faithful covered, in both the cold and frozen sections. Some seafood products are Regular Buys, but the grocer also brings a few Aldi Finds into the fray. Like this one.
Fremont Fish Market Wild Caught Beer Battered Fish Fillets come out of the frozen Aldi Find section. That means they’re only in stores for a short time. Each store gets a single shipment, and they’re gone after that sells out. Aldi does not offer online ordering for these if they’re sold out at your local store.
These used to be sold under the Sea Queen Aldi house brand, but around 2019 they started getting labeled under the Fremont Fish Market Aldi brand. Neither of those brands are companies. They’re just names Aldi puts on its seafood, which it sources from different suppliers.
Another change we’ve noticed is that when we first reviewed these in 2017, they were made with pollock, but at some point they were switched over to cod.
We buy Aldi products with our own money. I paid $3.99 at my local Aldi in March of 2025 for a 13.1-ounce box that contained five breaded fillets in plastic pouch packaging. (The box says there are “about 5 fillets per box.”) That comes out to about 30 cents per ounce or about 80 cents per fillet.
The leading ingredients include cod fillets, water, vegetable oil, wheat flour … and beer.
This is certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. The cod was wild caught in the Northeast Atlantic and Northeast Pacific using trawl and long line catch methods.
If you’re looking out for allergens, these contain fish (cod), wheat, and soy.
There are about three 4-ounce servings per package. One serving is about 1 1/2 fillets. One serving has 230 calories, 12 grams of total fat (15% DV), 2 grams of saturated fat (9% DV), 630 mg of sodium (27% DV), 20 grams of total carbohydrates (7% DV), no dietary fiber, less than 1 gram of total sugars, less than 1 gram of added sugars (1% DV), and 11 grams of protein.
The pack only includes two methods of cooking: conventional oven or air fryer. (Sorry, deep fryer owners.) The oven method takes a little time, so plan for that accordingly. The instructions add that the fillets should be cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
To bake, the instructions call for preheating the oven to 450 degrees, placing the frozen fish in a single layer on a shallow baking pan, and baking for 22-24 minutes. For best results, flip the fish halfway through baking.
To air fry, place frozen fish in the air fryer basket. Air fry at 400 degrees for 12-14 minutes. For best results, flip halfway through.
We air fried these for lunch and served them with a salad. As a general rule, I expect beer battered foods to be better than their normal battered counterparts, and I have to say, I was not disappointed. These are excellent, especially when paired with tartar sauce. The batter is crispy and flaky, with a great taste, and the fish inside is tender and also flaky. My only regret is that I didn’t have chips to go with them.
The Verdict:
If you’re on a Lenten diet — and even if you’re not — the Fremont Fish Market Beer Battered Cod Fillets are a very good option for an entree. Just make sure you leave a little time to cook them. Definitely recommended.
I have bought this product in the past but I will no longer buy it after taking a closer look at the ingredient list. (corn syrup solids, soybean oil, artificial flavor, etc.) I am trying to avoid buying products that contain bioengineered food ingredients.
We fixed these the other night in the oven & they were easy to fix & were well received by even the pickiest eater.
Something has changed with this fish besides smaller fillets ( but 2 more than packages we bought before)
They taste different . The batter seems different and just the fish in general. We didn’t like it as much as the ones we bought before.
Underwhelmed. I bought this in Apr 2026. I was looking for a better tasting alternative to Gortons fillets, which usually can only be found with Pollock ( not a great fish) and all I can say is, to be honest, I can’t taste any difference in flavor from the Gortons Pollock offerings. One fillet also had a piece of “dark” fish meat in it,not tasty at all, and something that a proper filleting would have cut out and discarded. The only real difference I could see from Gortons is the btter texture was more of a beer batter and not as much breaded as Gortons. I won’t be buying them again. One other odd observation, was, the fillets were loose in a plastic bag inside of the box, and you would think tha tthe bag was sealed, but it was not, and it was vented enough where one could squeeze air out of it.