Farmed Salmon tastes worse than Wild Alaskan Salmon?!
Answers: I noticed the taste.. farmed salmon tastes different than Wild alaskan salmon. Why do they Taste Different?
Wild Alaskan Salmon is raised in the river beds of Alaska with a plethera of influences effecting their taste. Farmed Raised Salmon is grown in a pond, with set influences of biologicals available to their eating range, set water balances of minerals and vitamins, and so on..................Good for you that you noticed the difference! Stay in tune with those taste buds as you try meats, poultry, seafood and white fish, "farm raised and home organic foods" may bolster their advertisements with a healthier, safer environment, but the flavor comes from many unresearched avenues....................what's the trade off? We have only hit the tip of the iceburg on food research, when it comes from varying parts of the world, their water sources, soil content and so on.................Best of luck, go with your taste buds! Renee
wild salmon eats wild food
Every species will have a unique taste.
Personally, I love the taste of farmed salmon. It has a more "buttery" taste that I love. The reason they taste different is mainly due to their fat content...where farmed will have slightly higher fat because they do not get the same "exercise"/activity as wild. They don't have to spawn or find food for themselves.
farmed salmon is fed a manufactured diet designed to maximise growth rate and weight gain, they are kept in awful crowded pens and medicated to keep them alive despite the crowding. the result is an inferior fish. unfortunatly the fishing pressures on wild stocks have made the real thing unattainable in most locales and price ranges. farmed is a s good as it gets rigt now.
additional note, sockey salmon is at record low populations right now, expect restrictions on wild catch and the price will be going higher this year.