Food
The Men With a Monopoly on Beluga Caviar in the U.S.
Once banned, the delicacy is slated to make its way back to mother-of-pearl spoons in New York this fall.
Source: Sturgeon Aquafarms/Marky’s
Caviar has, historically, been a luxury ingredient. Now it’s garnishing everything from potatoes to waffles to donuts. But there’s one kind that U.S. consumers haven’t been able to get.
True beluga caviar—the roe from a beluga sturgeon—has been illegal in America since 2005, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) banned the import of all beluga products from the Caspian Sea.