Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by 0des on Friday June 03, 2022 @11:37PM
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Also most storebought salmon and tuna is soaked in red/pink dye to give it that color. Farm raised fish don't always have that color unless their diet supplies the carotenoids and other things they need for that color, like a flamingo that turns pink from its diet.
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Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by exhilaration on Saturday June 04, 2022 @09:16AM
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It's not dye, it's carbon monoxide. New York Times article: https://nyti.ms/3Ni2CFL
Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by 0des on Saturday June 04, 2022 @09:48AM
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Where I am located, it is dye. Dye is far more common.
Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by TedDoesntTalk on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:08AM
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Is that true for wild salmon or only farm Raised salmon?
Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by wahern on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:31AM
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I don't think the flesh of farmed salmon is actually soaked in dye. Rather, farmers use an additive in the food pellets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin Note that astaxanthin is also what colors the flesh of wild salmon, they just consume it naturally. https://wildalaskancompany.com/blog/heres-why-salmon-are-pin...