Urban Barcode Project Team CaviarCorruption
Program:
Urban Barcode Project
Year:
2015-16
Research Topic:
Food fraud
Taxonomic Group Studied:
Animals

Project:

Species of Salmon Caviar from Different Sources
Students:
Evan Lipton, Addison Bent, Sophie Geskin
School:
Ethical Culture Fieldston Culture, The Bronx
Mentors:
Palma Repole

Abstract:

Caviar is sourced from many different fish that come from many different places around the world. Salmon caviar is one of the most common and least expensive types. We are curious to see if the differences sources of the product are correlated with different species of the salmon eggs.

Poster:

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