8 interesting Facts About Caviar

interesting Facts About Caviar
1. True caviar comes from the icy waters of the Caspian Sea where the environment is most conducive to producing the finest sturgeon.
2. Today with sturgeon facing extinction caviar will remain a delicacy and very expensive.
3. The United States imports approximately sixty percent of the total world caviar supply.
4. Caviar is full of proteins, vitamines, low in calories and thus is a complete meal by itself
5. Caviar is being given to patients after surgery to aid their recovery.
6. Caviar is also used for beauty treatments - facials and other.
7. Caviar contains acetylcholine, which improves alcohol resistance. That is also why Russians ate a lot of caviar while drinking vodka.
8. Oil, extracted from caviar is used on burns to heal them.