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Beluga caviar is caviar consisting of the roe (or eggs) of the beluga sturgeon Huso huso. The fish is found primarily in the Caspian Sea, which is bordered by Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. It can also be found in the Black Sea basin and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Beluga caviar is the most expensive type of ...
Almas: This gold colored caviar is harvested from albino Iranian Beluga sturgeon that are 60- to 100-years-old. This critically endangered sturgeon species swims in the southern Caspian Sea.
Ossetra. Ossetra (also Osetra, Oscietra, Osetrova, or Asetra) caviar is one of the most prized and expensive types of caviar [1] (eclipsed in price only by Beluga caviar). It is obtained from the Ossetra sturgeon, which weighs 50-400 pounds and can live up to 50 years. Ossetra caviar varies in color from deep brown to gold.
In the wake of over-fishing, the harvest and sale of black caviar were banned in Russia in 2007. [18] The ban on sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea has led to the development of aquaculture as an economically viable means of commercial caviar production. [19] Russian caviar exports were also banned from 2002 to 2011. [20]
True caviar — limited to the Sevruga, Ossetra and Beluga species of sturgeon found in the Caspian and Black Seas — typically ranges from $20 to $50 and up per ounce, making even the cheapest ...
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At one point, it was more expensive than the Russian or Iranian caviar. In the 1980s it had a price of $900 per kilogram, or double compared to the Iranian caviar which was considered the closest to the Kladovo caviar in terms of quality. For 27 years, the main exporter of the Kladovo caviar was merchant Gerald M. Stein from New York, through ...
Petrossian, (officially Petrossian S.A.) is a French company founded in 1920 by 2 Armenian brothers, Melkoum Petrossian and Mouchegh Petrossian, [ 1] who introduced caviar to Paris, France. Over the years, the Petrossian family has passed on its knowledge and expertise in the art of caviar maturation, a traditional craftmanship still done by ...