– The Beluga (Latin name Huso huso) is a fish from the Sturgeon family (Acipenseridae).- Beluga live in the Caspian, Black and Azov seas, from where they come to spawn in the rivers flowing into these seas.
– Beluga is the largest freshwater fish in the world, up to 5 meters long and weights more than 1500 kg. According to the stories of fishermen (not confirmed), there were cases when fishermen caught Beluga up to 7-9 meters long and up to 2000 kg in weight.
– Beluga in Great Britain is called the big Sturgeon because of its large size.
– Beluga is a long-lived fish and can live for more than 100 years.
– Beluga males reach puberty at 15-18 years old, and females at 22-26 years old.
– Beluga females are distinguished by very high fecundity and, depending on the size of the individual, can scatter from half a million to 5 million eggs during reproduction.
– Beluga for its thick and cylindrical body, as well as for a very short and blunt nose, was called “Huso”, which means “pig” in Greek.
– Due to its almost complete disappearance, a complete ban on Beluga fishing was introduced throughout the world. It was listed in the Red Book in 1994, the IUCN list, the Berne and Bonn conventions, CITES and the European Red List.
– Currently, all Beluga caviar and meat that we buy is the result of growing fish in artificial habitats on farms.
– Beluga caviar is bottom-dwelling, sticky, which allows it to stick to small pebbles, algae at the bottom of the river.
– Beluga caviar is considered the most valuable in the world because of the membrane surrounding the caviar, as it is very delicate and the thinnest of all types of sturgeon caviar. When you eat Beluga caviar, it does not burst, but melts gently in your mouth.
– Beluga caviar is the largest of all sturgeon caviar and reaches up to 3-4 mm. Beluga caviar from the Aquatir company is an exquisite product with a delicate nutty taste, these are glossy selected eggs that are pearl gray in color and up to 3-4 mm in size .
Gourmets all over the world appreciate Beluga caviar from Aquatir as the most exquisite and delicious caviar in the world.
London Caviar House always offers its customers fresh, natural, not pasteurized, without preservatives and antibiotics, without GMOs and without Borax (E285). Our caviar from our own Aquatir Sturgeon complex contains only fresh Beluga caviar and a minimum amount of salt (2-3%).
