Description
Beluga caviar is highly sought-after and one of the most luxurious food products in the world. Persian Beluga sturgeon produce the world’s best caviar. Due to the incredibly long reproduction cycle, obtaining beluga roe for caviar can be quite the waiting game, causing an increase in the price of purchasing it. However, the slow reproduction cycle is only part of the reason why Beluga caviar is so costly.
Beluga eggs range in color from light grey to black. Each bite of Beluga caviar will take you on a journey to the sea, melting on your tongue, allowing you to truly savor and enjoy the taste.
HISTORY OF BELUGA CAVIAR
Caviar has an extremely interesting back story. There once was a time when caviar was only served to royalty. The British kings of the middle ages reserved all of the Beluga sturgeon for their own consumption calling it the “Royal Fish.” It didn’t take long for word to spread about this delicious roe. The practice of eating caviar spread to Russia, later catapulting caviar into the world of divine luxury. Caviar eventually began its takeover of Europe, and many cultures prized this delicacy as a treat.
Originally, Native American tribes relied on the abundant populations of sturgeon as a major food source, especially the tribes of the Great Lakes region. With the arrival of European settlers, who preferred lake trout and herring, sturgeon fish came to be viewed as a pest that destroyed fishing nets, so commercial fishermen often exterminated them. In 1873, a German immigrant named Henry Schacht developed the first caviar business in America on the Delaware River, thus changing the world of caviar forever.
Due to the abundance of sturgeon found in murky waters, Schacht was able to sell the roe at a fraction of the cost compared to the European market. The west coast got wind of this caviar gold mine Schacht was sitting on and began to harvest roe as well. Eventually, more and more businesses began to harvest roe, and by the 19th century, the United States was producing approximately 90% of the world’s caviar. Almost 40% of that caviar came from Beluga, making it the most heavily fished sturgeon of the 27 species.
