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Re:Backlash to artificial dye grows as Kraft ditches colorin... by bwestergard on Monday June 23, 2025 @10:29AM (#44356161)
Wild salmon have their characteristic color because they are eating organisms that contain the naturally occurring Astaxanthin. Farmed salmon subsist on grains, fish oils, etc and come out looking grey unless pigments are added to their feed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin

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Re:Backlash to artificial dye grows as Kraft ditches colorin... by 1234letshaveatw on Monday June 23, 2025 @10:38AM (#44356265)
Great lakes salmon flesh lacks orange coloring as well
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Re:Backlash to artificial dye grows as Kraft ditches colorin... by SirMaster on Monday June 23, 2025 @11:04AM (#44356539)
Definitely not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvvshpw4FxM

Check at 6 minutes into the video.

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Re:Backlash to artificial dye grows as Kraft ditches colorin... by 1234letshaveatw on Monday June 23, 2025 @01:35PM (#44358108)
interesting, the Salmon I have caught has not been as colorful- I mostly fish in the rivers though

edit: it looks like that vid had some steelhead (trout) mixed in? This is more like what I have seen, but the color is even more "dulled" in person https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09UmeqAd4g

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