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Just when you thought there was at least one food source that wasn't completely tainted... I found this article on Tilapia Digest this morning.


Artificial Flavoring Chemicals Make Farmed Fish Taste Like Ocean Fis
Posted by: "Tom Frese" Tjffarms@aol.com tjffarms
Mon Jul 7, 2008 5:21 am (PDT)
Artificial Flavoring Chemicals Make Farmed Fish Taste Like Ocean Fish
by David Gutierrez

(NaturalNews) An aquaculture company has used artificial flavorings
to give its farmed fish the taste of wild-caught pollock.

"It met 10 out of our 10 taste parameters," said Norbert Sporns,
president and chief executive officer of HQ Sustainable Maritime
Industries (HQSM).

HQSM has signed a joint development agreement with the Beijing
division of Newly Weds Foods Inc. to market the "sea flavor" tilapia,
which is processed to give it both the texture and flavor of wild-
caught Alaska pollock, a northern Pacific whitefish that is the
favored ingredient in fish sticks, fish fillets and similar products,
as well as imitation crab meat.

In addition to the ease of processing and storing Alaska pollock, the
fish is popular because of its mild flavor and low oil content. It
has been called the largest remaining wild fish source in the world,
and 3 million tons are caught every year. But in recent years, Alaska
pollock fisheries appear to have begun to decline.

While the prices of wild-caught fish of all species continue to rise
as fisheries around the world collapse from overfishing, pollution
and climate change, the fast food industry -- one of the major
purchasers of fish in the United States -- has continued to buy wild-
caught fish for the simple reason that it tastes better. It is
largely this industry that is targeted by the HQSM-brand "TiLoveYa"
tilapia. HQSM reports that it is currently negotiating distribution
deals with a number of fast-food chains.

In addition to cost, HQSM is marketing the artificially flavored
tilapia as an environmentally friendly alternative to other farmed or
wild-caught fish. HQSM tilapia are raised in ponds without
prophylactics or antibiotics, preventing contamination of wild fish
stocks. Because tilapia are herbivores that eat algae, they need not
be fed with wild-caught fish and are therefore exposed to less in the
way of ocean pollutants such as PCBs.

http://www.naturalnews.com/023573.html

Far out

..... why would anyone want to make their fresh fish product taste like ....

The almighty dollar I suppose Rupe, there generally is no other reason, is there

what is the "sea flavour"

Probably salt Jaymie..

It's a secret,,,SHHH (salt).
I really don't like this,,,why don't they just use garlic chillie,pepper and salt like everyone else does?

it's probably a hell of a lot safer than fish caught in heavy metal contaminated waters around china though :/

I wonder if they could make the fish taste like lamb. Then my other half would be able to eat fish.

Shhh Duff.... dont encourage them.....

hmmm maybe taste like beef
cough 'whale'