Is Black Lumpfish Caviar Kosher?

Lumpfish, which produces most other inexpensive "supermarket" caviar, is not kosher. Other kosher caviars include whitefish, carp, trout, salmon, flying fish, and the more expensive bowfin, which produces a very good sturgeon-like caviar.

Is black caviar kosher?

Is caviar Kosher? ... For a fish and the products derived from it to be kosher, it must have both fins and scales. True black caviar, which is harvested from the primeval Sturgeon family, has no scales and is therefore not kosher. Strict adherents to the laws are not permitted to eat any of these caviar.

What type of caviar is kosher?

Under Jewish religious laws any fish products are only considered kosher if they come from a fish with both fins and scales. In the case of the traditional true sturgeons, such as the Sevruga, Osetra or Kaluga sturgeon, this is not the case, as all true sturgeon do not have scales on their body.

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