This method was invented back in the Soviet era. To save the sturgeon, caviar is produced in fish farms, where after the extraction of caviar, the fish does not die, but returns to the flock.

Caviar there is harvested with the classic Russian and Iranian technique, which involves killing the fish and then extracting the eggs. Other farms are exploring a different technique, which doesn ...

So what kind of fish produces caviar, anyway? And what, exactly, separates caviar from any old mouthful of fish eggs? The ...

No fish are involved here -- vanilla caviar refers to the tiny pearl-like ... on grocery store shelves it's easiest to find a ...

The season, which runs from October to April, ended recently, so there is no egg extraction to witness, only the sight of tens of thousands of Siberian sturgeon of varying proportions swimming in the ...

Consequently, environmentally-minded chefs and consumers have been exploring other types of fish roe as an alternative. ‘Avruga’ is a caviar substitute made from herring roe; lumpfish roe and ...

After the beluga are born, it takes five years to determine their gender and around 10 years for the fish to produce eggs that are ready to be harvested for caviar. The tanks are continuously ...