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Overview of Roe Products. Bob Price, UC Davis 54 th Annual PFT Meeting Reno, Nevada. Aquatic Roe Products. Definitions World Production Export/Import Values Commercial Roe Products. Aquatic Roe Products. FAO Classifications Caviar Caviar substitutes
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Overview of Roe Products Bob Price, UC Davis 54th Annual PFT Meeting Reno, Nevada
Aquatic Roe Products • Definitions • World Production • Export/Import Values • Commercial Roe Products
Aquatic Roe Products • FAO Classifications • Caviar • Caviar substitutes • Processed roe products (not included elsewhere)
1999 Roe and Caviar Production(Metric Tons) Russian Federation 27,290 Sweden 8,835 China 6,100 Korea, South 4,639 Norway 1,877 Iceland 1,155 Germany 888 Denmark 571 Greece 199 Spain 188 Iran 97 USA 18
Aquatic Roe Products • Whole ovaries • Caviar • Caviar substitutes • Processed roe products • Artificial caviar
Whole ovaries sea urchin roe (uni) Shad roe
Caviar • “…the term ‘caviar’ unqualified should be applied only to the product prepared by salting sturgeon roe.” [FDA Service and Regulatory Announcement No. 3, March 1917]
Caviar Beluga California Osetra Huso huso Acipenser gueldenstaedtii colchicus Osetra Acipenser stellatus Sevruga Acipenser transmontanus
Worlds Most Expensive Caviar The world's most expensive caviar is called Almas (Russian for diamond). This beluga caviar is white in appearance and comes from fish over 100 years old. Almas is extremely rare. Caviar House AlmasIranian caviar is packed in 24K solid gold tins and sells for $23,308 per kg.
Caviar substitutes • Caviar made from aquatic species other than sturgeon
Aquatic Species Suitable for Caviar Substitutes Alewife Bowfin Bream Capelin Carp Cod Flounder Flying fish Gobe Grenadier Haddock Halibut Herring Ling cod Lobster Lumpfish Mackerel Mullet Orange roughy Paddlefish Perch Pike Pollock Roach Saithe Salmon Shrimp Sole Trout Tuna Whitefish
Capelin Cod Flying fish Lumpfish Paddlefish Salmon Smelt Trout Whitefish
Processed Roe Products Dried Cured Fried Frozen Marinated Pasteurized Pressed Salted Sliced Smoked
herring roe (kazunoko) Pressed sturgeon caviar Avgotaraho Bottarga Fish bait
Artificial Caviar • Eurocaviar • Made from a paste of mullet, herring and salmon eggs, and gelatin • Formed into 2-3 mm balls • Infrared thermotreatment • Cured in flavored brine • Pasteurized • Cavi*Art • First vegetarian caviar (introduced 2000) • Made from seaweed and alginic acid
Caviar Quality Guidelines • Beluga Caviar • Grade 1: Large grain. Absolute top quality. • 000 light gray. The most expensive and precious. • 00 medium gray • 0 dark gray • Grade 2: Smaller grain. Medium to light gray. • Osetra Caviar • Grade 1 • Color A: gray gold • Color B: dark gray • Grade 2 • Smaller grain • Medium gray color • Sevruga Caviar • Grade 1 • Dark gray to light gray • Grade 2: • Smaller grain • Dark gray PRESSED CAVIAR
References • Sternin, V. and Dore, I. 1993. Caviar: The Resource Book. Cultura, Moscow, Russia. • http://www.epicurious.com/ • http://www.foodsubs.com/Caviar.html • http://www.nvogue.com/nVogueFoods/Caviar/caviarguide.htm • http://members.tripod.com/CaviarInc/a5.htm • http://www.tsarnicoulai.com/index.html • http://www.caviarchef.com/default.tpl • https://secure.galisteo.com/pro-src/scripts/caviar-direct/pricelist.html • http://www.farm-2-market.com/products/caviar.html#WILD • http://www.igourmet.com/shoppe.asp?cat=3&source=pepperjam • http://www.sterlingcaviar.com/ • http://www.icaviar.com/american.htm • http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-000102107dec26.story?coll=la-headlines-food-manual • http://www.ippi.com/dir_aaa/col_tobiko.html • http://www.farawayfoods.com/tunaroe.html • http://www.866-caviar6.com/American_Caviar.html • http://www.freshcaviar.com/caviarprices.htm