Russians switch to caviar substitutes

In Russia, the production of salmon caviar decreased. This happened against the background of an increase in the production of substitutes for this delicacy. Experts say that today many Russians opt to imitate caviar because of its cheapness. How useful is such a product and can it compete with the original? From January to May of this year, 690 tons of salmon caviar were produced in Russia. This figure is two times less than three years earlier. At the same time, the production of caviar substitutes in the first five months of 2020 increased four times compared to the same period in 2017 and amounted to 1986 tons. This is evidenced by the data of Rosstat. The volume of production of red caviar directly depends on the number of fish caught in the Far East. In 2017 and 2018, the country recorded a record catch of pink salmon, so there was more delicacy. He mainly hit the domestic market. It took quite a bit to export salmon caviar - mainly to Belarus and Ukraine. This was stated by ...