Tag: caviar
Caviar Luxury product
Caviar Luxury product that does not know the crisis. 20 tonnes of caviar are extracted in France from the 300 tonnes of sturgeon produced in aquaculture. More than 15% of the world production of caviar is consumed in France. Since 2012, France has been the second producer of caviar with 19 tonnes per year, behind Italy. Caviar is not just a fish egg. Real caviar is made with lightly salted or pickled sturgeon eggs. There are four types of caviar: Almas, Beluga, Oscietra and Sévruga. Today 40% of the caviar consumed in France comes from China. Tradition dictates that the Russians are the most fond of caviar in the world. Caviar is found more and more in the world of cosmetics, it seems that it is a fashion to ennoble your beauty products and brought a mixture of luxury to your cosmetic products. In the meantime, the champions of caviar production are Italy (around 40 tonnes per year) … Baeri (Signature) caviar is sold on average at € 2,000 per kilo in retail stores (delicatessens, wine merchants, fishmongers). Osciètre caviar is sold around € 3,000 per kilo. Beluga caviar up to € 12,000 per kilo for the rarest. At the French specialist, Petrossian, the cheapest box (30 grams) costs 54 euros. Even in supermarkets, it is difficult to find sturgeon eggs for less than 30 euros. At Carrefour, for example, the entrance ticket is 27 euros.