Osetra Caviar
The Osetra caviar has the most variety in terms of size, color and flavor. It is surmised that the taste varies so much because
the Osetra is a bottom feeder and thus its eggs take on the flavor of what it eats. If you were to open ten 1.8 kg tins of Osetra
caviar at the same sitting, each would have a different scent, taste and color, even if the they had been caught at the same general
time and processed at one fishing station.
The Osetra can grow to 2 m in, and may weigh up to 200 kg, although on average a mature fish grows to only 1.5 m, and will weigh
20-80 kg. It has bony scales along the length of its body, and varies in color from dark grey to brown, with a lighter-colored stomach.
Osetra has a 60 to 80 year life span, and some have been known to have reached the age of 120. Their age of maturity is 12 to 15 years.
However, if bred in warmer aquaculture conditions the age of maturity can be reached by 8 to 10 years. The color of the eggs vary significantly
and range from dark grey to dark brown and gold.
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