Food
The World’s Best Caviar Doesn’t Come From Russia Anymore
Though no one wants to say it, China is producing some of the most delectable fish eggs available.
Photographer: Ted Cavanaugh for Bloomberg Businessweek
Mention China alongside almost any food product, and people get nervous. After international incidents involving bleach-soaked meat, antifreeze-laced apple juice, and pine nuts “unfit for human consumption,” the country “is known for tainted food because of repeated quality-control scandals,” says Shaun Rein, managing director for the China Market Research Group.
Kaluga Queen, which produces its caviar about 300 miles southwest of Shanghai, is mindful of these associations.