Nicknamed the black gold, here are 4 unique facts about caviar, the fish roe that comes out once every 10 years

TIME.CO, Jakarta – Caviar is one of the elite foods made from fish roe. The type of fish used is sturgeon which has been processed and salted. Sturgeons live in salt water and then migrate to fresh water to spawn. Quoting from various sources, here are unique facts caviar:

1. It takes 10-15 years to lay eggs

The caviar comes from the ovary of a female sturgeon. Sturgeon fish it has a very long spawning period of 10 to 15 years. Due to the long spawning period in the past, caviar was harvested by killing, but with the development of technology, the harvesting of caviar is done by careful mining.

2. Derived from the largest lake in the world

Quoting from remfm.unnes.ac.idthe caviar comes from the roe of female sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) located in the waters of the Caspian Sea or the largest lake in the world. Caspian Lake has an area of ​​371 thousand square meters. Because of the extent of the lake it is called the sea. Hence it is better known as the Caspian Sea.

Known as the largest inland waterway in the world, the Caspian Sea is comprised of 5 countries. namely Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The high price of caviar made sturgeon heavily hunted in the past. But now there are sturgeon fish farms in different countries.

3. Caviar contains vitamins and minerals

Caviar contains a number of nutrients beneficial to the body such as vitamin B12, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin B6. Caviar also contains various minerals such as iron, calcium, magnesium, selenium and others.

4. It has various advantages

Caviar has many health benefits such as the ability to maintain eye health due to its high vitamin A content, caviar can also improve eye health Bone health because it contains vitamin D, and it can also prevent inflammatory diseases because it contains omega 3 fatty acids.

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