Overview of Roe Products

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Overview of Roe Products

• Bob Price, UC Davis
• 54th Annual PFT Meeting
• Reno, Nevada

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Aquatic Roe Products

• Definitions
• World Production
• Export/Import Values
• Commercial Roe Products

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Aquatic Roe Products

• FAO Classifications
• Caviar
• Caviar substitutes
• Processed roe products (not included elsewhere)

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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

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Aquatic Roe Products

• Whole ovaries
• Caviar
• Caviar substitutes
• Processed roe products
• Artificial caviar

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Whole ovaries
sea urchin roe (uni)
Shad roe
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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

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Caviar
Beluga
Huso huso
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii colchicus
Osetra
Acipenser stellatus
Sevruga

• California
• Osetra

Acipenser transmontanus
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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
Almas Iranian caviar is packed in 24K solid gold
tins and sells for 23,308 per kg.
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Caviar substitutes

• Caviar made from aquatic species other than
  sturgeon

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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

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Capelin
Cod
Flying fish
Lumpfish
Salmon
Paddlefish
Smelt
Trout
Whitefish
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Color Variation in Lumpfish Roe
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Processed Roe Products

• Dried
• Cured
• Fried
• Frozen
• Marinated
• Pasteurized
• Pressed
• Salted
• Sliced
• Smoked

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herring roe (kazunoko)
Pressed sturgeon caviar
Avgotaraho
Bottarga
Fish bait
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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
• CaviArt
• First vegetarian caviar (introduced 2000)
• Made from seaweed and alginic acid

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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 

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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/caviargui
  de.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?cat3sourcepe
  pperjam
• http//www.sterlingcaviar.com/
• http//www.icaviar.com/american.htm
• http//www.latimes.com/features/food/la-000102107d
  ec26.story?collla-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

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