Tsar Nicoulai White Sturgeon Caviar from Wilton, CA

Acipenser Transmontanus

Tsar Nicoulai is the only ECOCERT eco-certified sturgeon farm in the United States. They are also currently the only U.S. sturgeon farm with an on-site smokehouse and hatchery.

Tsar Nicoulai was founded in Northern California in 1984 and now runs in collaboration with the agriculture heavyweights at UC Davis. This system utilizes ⅓ of the energy of a typical RAS system! Sustainability is woven into every inch of their farm:
-Solar power offsets energy usage
-Orchards of lemon, fig, and orange trees surround the property
-Ducks, geese, and swans flock to the happy environment around the outdoor aquaponic system, and return year after year to lay their eggs and raise their babies
-The entire fish is used post-harvest with the vast majority of the harvested sturgeon being smoked onsite. Think: smoked sturgeon, paté, and even sturgeon chicharones!

The sturgeon are raised in a first-of-its-kind aquaponics filtration system which grows organic greens at the surface of the fish tanks, cleaning the water and using nutrients from the sturgeon’s byproducts. The fish are fed an ultra premium NLAP non-GMO fish feed, are never given growth hormones, and do not receive antibiotics. White Sturgeon take around 8 years to reach sexual maturity for egg production. Post harvesting, the eggs are rinsed and salted.

Consuming this product can expose you to chemicals including lead, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.