In the wild, salmon eat plankton and crustaceans that contain the carotenoid astaxanthin. This antioxidant causes the salmon's flesh to take on its distinctive color. In farmed fish, astaxanthin ...
Head to the counter at your local seafood store or the frozen section of your supermarket and you'll find a world of choice—from farmed to wild salmon varieties, each bearing distinct flavor, texture, ...
Yet the most prominent sort of mislabeling occurs in restaurants, where farmed salmon is presented as wild-caught, at the customer’s expense, per the new genetic analysis. Out of the 67 total ...
At one-third of Seattle sushi restaurants, the fish sold as wild salmon was actually farmed, according to recent testing by researchers at Seattle Pacific University. A study published Wednesday ...