The carotenoid giving salmon, trout and shrimp their pink colour, originating in the algae at the base of the food chain.
3 foods, grouped by presence band. Bands are used instead of amounts because compound content swings widely with cultivar, soil, storage and preparation — a single number per food would look more precise than the measurements justify.
Consistently reported in this food in amounts researchers treat as meaningful.
Salmo salar
The great majority of salmon sold worldwide, raised in sea pens on formulated feed. It is consistently fattier than wild salmon,…
Penaeus spp.
Decapod crustaceans, the most traded seafood in the world by value and now largely farmed. Their shells contain astaxanthin bound…
Salmo salar
An anadromous fish that feeds at sea and returns to fresh water to spawn. Its pink flesh comes from astaxanthin accumulated…