Beluga albino, which lives in the Caspian Sea, gave the world the most expensive caviar. The product was given a loud and capacious name - "Almas", which in Russian means "diamond".
This delicacy has a golden amber color. According to eyewitnesses, caviar looks like a scattering of small beads made of real gold.
Caviar is harvested from Caspian beluga albino only in a few points of the globe. In particular, in Austria and Iran. The price of the product can reach eighteen and a half thousand euros per 1 kilogram. Such a high cost of the product is due to the fact that the albumen beluga (sturgeon large fish) spawns only 1 time in 100 years.
"In Europe, the annual production of golden caviar does not exceed 10 kilograms," experts say. "Because of this, the line for the purchase of Almas is formed for several years ahead."
Note that in the wild, beluga albinos are a rare case. Basically, this breed of fish is bred in ponds and stakes by artificial means, based on the achievements of genetic engineering.
The color of "Almas" caviar depends largely on the age of the beluga: the older the fish, the lighter and more valuable the caviar.
The length of the beluga albino sometimes reaches 4-5 meters, and its weight varies between 25-300 kilograms. Caviar occupies one tenth of the total volume of beluga. This caviar is packed in 24-carat gold jars.
Connoisseurs say that caviar "Almas" has almost no fish flavor and has an almond aftertaste. Caviar of the highest quality from beluga-albinos of maximum age is delivered to expensive restaurants of the world, including the London "Caviar House" in Piccadilly Square.
