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Caviar: How It’s Made and Why It’s So Expensive

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Be Amazed

Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Caviar is one of the most sought-after delicacies in the entire world. But while it may look fancy doled out alongside thousand-dollar bottles of champagne, have you ever wondered where it comes from? Or what makes certain types so expensive? Let's find out!



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0:00.0

A caveat, one of the most sought-after delicacies in the entire world. But while it may look fancy

0:07.7

doled out alongside $1,000 bottles of champagne, have you ever wondered where it comes from?

0:14.3

Or what makes certain types so expensive? Where does it come from? And what even is it?

0:20.7

Well, I hope you're hungry and have your wallets ready, because we're about to take a look into how the most expensive food on the planet is made.

0:32.6

You're listening.

0:33.6

You're listening to be amazed.

0:45.7

All right, let me stir up your appetite by taking a look at some of the most high-end caviar money can buy,

0:52.4

the Ronnie and Almice caviar, which is officially recognized as the most expensive caviar in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.

0:54.9

At its most expensive, this stuff can cost upwards of $34,500 per kilo, working out to a little

1:03.6

under $1,000 per ounce. So a teaspoon of this stuff on its own can cost $100. That's a lot, but unofficially the prices get even crazier.

1:16.6

In 2015, a caviar concoction called Strataga Bianco entered the market at an utterly insane $113,630 per kilo.

1:29.8

You could literally buy a top-end Tesla model for that price.

1:34.0

Created by specialty family business, Gruel,

1:36.8

the product was exclusively made to order,

1:39.8

with the option of having finely powdered 22-carat gold leaf

1:43.7

mixed into the concoction.

1:47.0

This would have brought the final price for just a teaspoon of this stuff to an unbelievable

1:51.4

$480. These supposedly tastes lightly salted with the delicate distinct beads gliding

1:58.3

over the tongue and bursting when bitten into, revealing

2:01.5

a buttery, creamy texture.

2:03.6

Man, both my mouth and eyes are watering at the sound of this.

2:09.6

Obviously, this must be some really good caviar.

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