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Also most storebought salmon and tuna is soaked in red/pink dye to give it that color. Farm raised fish don't always have that color unless their diet supplies
by 0des 4y ago
Also most storebought salmon and tuna is soaked in red/pink dye to give it that color. Farm raised fish don't always have that color unless their diet supplies the carotenoids and other things they need for that color, like a flamingo that turns pink from its diet.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoIs that true for wild salmon or only farm Raised salmon?
- wahern 4y agoI don't think the flesh of farmed salmon is actually soaked in dye. Rather, farmers use an additive in the food pellets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin Note that astaxanthin is also what colors the flesh of wild salmon, they just consume it naturally. https://wildalaskancompany.com/blog/heres-why-salmon-are-pink-orange-or-red https://wildalaskancompany.com/blog/heres-why-salmon-are-pin...
- exhilaration 4y agoIt's not dye, it's carbon monoxide. New York Times article: https://nyti.ms/3Ni2CFL https://nyti.ms/3Ni2CFL
- 0des 4y agoWhere I am located, it is dye. Dye is far more common.