{"id":10512,"date":"2014-03-11T17:46:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T15:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2014-03-11T17:46:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T15:46:40","slug":"judging-the-muscle-colors-of-salmon-and-use-of-salmon-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10512","title":{"rendered":"Judging the muscle colors of salmon and use of salmon fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Review:<\/strong> Abdel Rahman El Gamal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Consumers of salmon appreciate the wild color of salmon muscles (orange-red) ahead of other quality parameters. In order to produce farmed salmon with the favorable color of wild salmon, xanthophylls which are carotenoid pigments, are used as a food additive in salmonids feed. This additive has been approved by food safety agencies (e.g. FDA in USA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In order to standardize color intensities of salmon muscles which are likely favored more by consumers, the industry developed color references \u2013in numbers- which received international recognition. The salmon fan shown in the photos is an example of color-coded tools which is widely used. The color codes in this fan goes from the pale color (no: 20) to the darkest color (no: 34). It may worth mentioning that some consumer societies may prefer light colored salmon while others prefer the darker colors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-full.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=10514\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-full.jpg?fit=1213%2C909&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1213,909\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Salmon fan (full)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-full.jpg?fit=750%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10514\" alt=\"Salmon fan (full)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-full-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-full.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-full.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-full.jpg?w=1213&amp;ssl=1 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=10511\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02.jpg?fit=1609%2C1125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1609,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Salmon fan 02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02.jpg?fit=750%2C524&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10511\" alt=\"Salmon fan 02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02-300x209.jpg?resize=300%2C209\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C715&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02.jpg?w=1609&amp;ssl=1 1609w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-02.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=10510\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01.jpg?fit=1633%2C1177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1633,1177\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Salmon fan 01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01.jpg?fit=750%2C541&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10510\" alt=\"Salmon fan 01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01-300x216.jpg?resize=300%2C216\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C738&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01.jpg?w=1633&amp;ssl=1 1633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Salmon-fan-01.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal Consumers of salmon appreciate the wild color of salmon muscles (orange-red) ahead of other quality parameters. In order to produce farmed salmon with the favorable color of wild salmon, xanthophylls which are carotenoid pigments, are used as a food additive in salmonids feed. This additive has been approved by food &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10512\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[359,291,293],"tags":[4709,4710,1230,4708,4705,4706,4707],"class_list":["post-10512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculture-and-artisanal-fishery-global-information-sharing","category-gallery-2","category-photos","tag-color-intensity","tag-color-reference","tag-consumer-preference","tag-feed-additive","tag-salmon","tag-salmon-fan","tag-xanthophylls","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1NIq6-2Jy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10512"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10518,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10512\/revisions\/10518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}