Understanding Caviar

Caviar is known around the world as a luxury and one of the oldest delicacy due to its high quality.

Caviar is a delicacy generally considered salted, unfertilized sturgeon eggs belonging to the Acipenseridae family. It is commonly said that the term ‘caviar’ comes from the Persian word Khaviar, which means ‘cake of power’. Eating caviar should leave you feeling satisfied and happy, and the best way to do it is the right way. Know how to get the best out of every bite of your specific kind of caviar, and you’re guaranteed to enjoy it and crave more.

Today, Caviar is marketed worldwide as a delicacy and is consumed with appetizers or garnish during the special events, weddings and cocktail receptions. Caviar is also a part of the menu in many five star restaurants, hotels and cruise ships.

Different types of caviar vary in colors, size, and flavor of caviar. These differences and their availability determine caviar’s cost and value. And the last but not the least about the caviar is that Caviar is a healthy nutritional product which contains vast amount of vitamins, calories, and proteins that we fully mentioned on the benefits part.

It is worth to mention that roe refers to all unfertilized eggs collected from marine animals such as fish, shrimp, lobsters, etc. However, some people recognized fish roe as caviar which is not entirely accurate. All fish eggs called fish roe, but all fish roe is not necessarily caviar. Since caviar comes from special species of fish eggs, the sturgeon. There are over 26 varieties of sturgeon. To avoid confusion, the following diagram are presented to distinguish roe and caviar..