Question 1

Is this really caviar?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Our products are made from the yastyk, the sac that holds the sturgeon's roe. Caviar kept whole in its yastyk, yastychnaya, is a recognised caviar type, described by the UN's FAO and covered by its own food standard. It is not the sieved grain caviar you eat from a tin, and we never claim it is.

Question 2

How much caviar is in your products?

Accepted Answer

All of it. Our oil is caviar oil with only vitamin E added to keep it fresh, and our extracts are 100% caviar extract. A 100 ml bottle holds the oil of about half a kilo of caviar. Because caviar itself is about half water, and we take the water out, ours is roughly twice as concentrated as the caviar you eat from the tin.

Question 3

How is this different from caviar extract in other brands?

Accepted Answer

In most caviar skincare, caviar extract is one ingredient among 30 to 60, often listed below the 1% line, and that extract is itself mostly water and glycol. Ours is the caviar itself, at full strength.

Question 4

What is the difference between food and cosmetic grade?

Accepted Answer

The same caviar, made, tested and labelled to two standards: cosmetic grade to wear on skin and hair, food grade to eat.

Question 5

Where do the sturgeon come from?

Accepted Answer

From sturgeon farms in the European Union. We use no wild fish and nothing from Russia. The oil is extracted and refined in the Netherlands.

Question 6

Is any fish farmed or killed for your products?

Accepted Answer

No. We use the yastyk that remains after the caviar has been harvested and made.

Question 7

Can I take the caviar oil by mouth?

Accepted Answer

Only the food-grade version. Our cosmetic-grade caviar oil is for skin and hair. Our food-grade caviar oil is the same caviar oil, made and labelled as food, to take by the teaspoon.

Question 8

What does patented cover?

Accepted Answer

The process and the caviar oil, under EP 3 291 682, US 11,197,490 and JP 6496972. Our protein extracts are not patented.

Question 9

How should I store it?

Accepted Answer

Keep the oil in the fridge after opening, like caviar, and out of direct light. Keep the extracts cool and dry with the lid closed and always use a dry spoon; not in the fridge, because a cold jar opened in a warm room draws moisture onto the powder.

Question 10

Do you ship outside the UK and EU?

Accepted Answer

Not yet. Sturgeon products need CITES permits to cross borders, and we only ship where those are in place.

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