American Caviar

American caviar refers to the roe from sturgeon that is native to the United States. Some people confuse it and refer to all the different caviar types from the US-from sturgeon or other kinds of fish-as American caviar. There are quite a few types of sturgeon in this category. They include Wild Atlantic Sturgeon, which is found along the Southeast Atlantic coast, Lake Sturgeon from the Midwest, and White Sturgeon of the Pacific Northwest, which is farmed in California. The roe of the Wild Atlantic caviar is softer than Caspian varieties, while the American White Sturgeon tastes similar to Osetra and is sometimes referred to as California Osetra. When it comes to American caviar, the two largest sturgeon farmers are Stolt Sea Farms (owned by the Stolt Sea Farm Group of Norway) and Tsar Nicoulai in California. Lovers of Petrossian Caviar would be happy to know that it sells a private brand called Transmontanus (Latin for white sturgeon) which is packed by Stolt.