Guest guest Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 I've also heard that > colorings are given to farmed salmon because the farmed salmon doesn't get > as pink as the wild caught salmon. > > They don't get pink at all. The feed salesman has what amounts to paint chips, which display a wide variety of pink and peachy colors. The salmon farmers can pick which color they want their fish to turn out, just like ordering paint at the hardward store. Lierre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Kroyer wrote: > I've also heard that colorings are given to farmed salmon because the farmed > salmon doesn't get > as pink as the wild caught salmon. > > > A fish person at Albertson's told be that farm raised salmon is given a carotene supplement (I guess it's beta-carotene) for pink color. It's probably better than some artificial dye. Roman ---------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum & refcd=PT97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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