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Seafood salad is a common component of salad bars at buffets, and as a fan of imitation crab, I usually always take a serving. It’s a fairly simple dish that’s easy to make at home with imitation crab, mayo, onion, celery, dill, and other seasonings. Or, you can sometimes find ready-made versions at grocery stores. Aldi recently sold it as a limited-time special.
Aldi sold two varieties of seafood salad: a traditional seafood salad and a seafood salad with shrimp. I bought both to try.
Park Street Deli Traditional Seafood Salad and Park Street Deli Seafood Salad with Shrimp are Aldi Finds, which means they’re only in stores for a short time. Each store gets one shipment, and after that sells out, they’re gone unless Aldi decides to bring them back later. Aldi does not offer online ordering if these are not in stock at your local store. When these are in stock, you’ll find them in the refrigerated section at Aldi.
These cost $4.29 each at the time of publication. They’re sold in 14-ounce containers, which comes out to about 31 cents per ounce. Each container has about four half-cup servings, which is about $1.07 per serving.
I found San Francisco Foods Seafood & Shrimp Salad selling for about 31 cents per ounce at Walmart at the time of publication, so the Aldi salad is competitively priced.
Traditional seafood salad on the left, seafood salad with shrimp on the right.
Our taste testers liked both of these salads. I prefer the traditional one, which seemed to me to have more seasonings such as dill or onion. I thought the seafood salad with shrimp had more of a plain mayonnaise flavor to the sauce and wasn’t as interesting, but other taste testers said they preferred the version with shrimp, so your mileage may vary. The seafood salad with shrimp contains only small pieces of shrimp, and you have to hunt a bit to find them.
These both have long ingredients lists that include natural and artificial crab flavors, sodium tripolyphosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, xanthan gum, and the preservatives potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate.
Keep reading for more information about each salad variety.
Park Street Deli Traditional Seafood Salad:
Park Street Deli Traditional Seafood Salad nutrition information and ingredients. (Click to enlarge.)
If you’re looking out for allergens, the traditional seafood salad contains Alaska pollock, egg, milk, Pacific whiting, soy, and wheat.
A half-cup serving has 240 calories, 20 grams of total fat (26% DV), 3 grams of saturated fat (15% DV), 640 mg of sodium (28% DV), 13 grams of total carbohydrates (5% DV), no dietary fiber, 4 grams of total sugars, 4 grams of added sugars (8% DV), and 4 grams of protein.
Park Street Deli Seafood Salad with Shrimp:
Park Street Deli Seafood Salad with Shrimp nutrition information and ingredients. (Click to enlarge.)
If you’re looking out for allergens, the seafood salad with shrimp contains Alaska pollock, crab, egg, Pacific whiting, shrimp, soy, wheat, and milk.
A half-cup serving has 270 calories, 23 grams of total fat (29% DV), 3.5 grams of saturated fat (18% DV), 600 mg of sodium (26% DV), 13 grams of total carbohydrates (5% DV), 1 gram of dietary fiber (4% DV), 5 grams of total sugars, 5 grams of added sugars (10% DV), and 5 grams of protein.
The Verdict:
Park Street Deli Traditional Seafood Salad and Park Street Deli Seafood Salad with Shrimp feature imitation crab in a creamy mayo-based sauce with seasonings. These are good served on their own, served with crackers for dipping, or served in a sandwich. If you’re a fan of seafood salad or crab salad, these are worth trying.
