Sardines
With a New Orleans accent. That's all we're saying for now.
Tinned fish just got a Southern education.
The soul of the Gulf Coast, in a tin. Real New Orleans dishes, sealed at their peak — from home waters and certified waters abroad. First tins arrive in 2027.
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What brings you to the Tinfolk table?
A Cuisine, Not Flavors
Every tin is a real Gulf Coast dish, named for the tradition it comes from.
Home Waters & Abroad
Gulf species from the Gulf, responsibly sourced beyond it.
Family Roots
Generations of Plaquemines Parish fishermen behind the name.
Owned by Its People
The first Black-owned tinned seafood brand, built from inside the culture.
Wave One
Every tin is a dish, not a descriptor.
Wave One is three dishes. Which tin would you open first? Tap one to cast your vote.
Shrimp
Cooked the way the French Quarter means it.
Oysters
Fire has history here.
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Real dishes with real names, revealed when the tins are. Rooted in Louisiana, built to travel.
A two-minute detour
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Four questions. No wrong answers, only flavorful ones.
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Why Tinfolk
The Gulf has been missing from the shelf. We noticed.
The Gulf Coast once canned its own seafood — every one of those canneries closed decades ago. Today, American tinned fish routes through the Pacific Northwest or crosses an ocean from Iberia. Meanwhile, the most famous food city in America had no tins to call its own.
Tinfolk is fixing that. This isn't Cajun-flavored fish. It's a cuisine, centuries of history and migration and tradition, finally getting a seat at the table. This is what it tastes like when the tin knows where it's from.
A note from the founder
“I spent my career putting other people's stories on the shelf. Tinfolk is mine. The Gulf feeds this country and almost never gets its name on the can — and I come from the families who've fished these waters for generations. We're putting the Gulf Coast on the shelf, owned by the people it came from.”Candace Rodney · Founder
Field notes from the docks, the history behind each dish, and the honest making of a seafood company — in Candace's founder letter.
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