Labelled as "designed for babies", but using fake salmon? Here are 26 types of fish tested!

So infuriating!

Some time ago, we tested a wave of fish floss for children, including cod floss and salmon floss. Unexpectedly, the adulteration rate of the tested products was as high as 70%.

The method provided to everyone at that time was to buy fish and make fish floss complementary food. In order to reassure parents, the technician also tested the frozen cod and salmon that were claimed to be specially designed for babies on the Internet.

As a result, some businesses still sell inferior products as good ones and mislabel the fish as genuine.

The cod and salmon chunks for babies on the market are mostly boneless and skinless, then packaged in small pieces and sold frozen, so it is difficult for ordinary consumers to tell whether they are "authentic" or not with the naked eye and experience.

This time, we purchased 10 types of baby cod and 16 types of baby salmon with high sales from the online flagship store and sent them to a qualified official testing agency for testing.

In order to make it more intuitive for everyone to see, this time we will separate the cod review and salmon review.

10 baby cod, family photos here:

The cod sample fee is 1396.98 + the testing fee is 17600 = 18996.98 yuan. Next, let’s see if they are “worthy of the name”.

Many people say that cod is the "noble among fish", but we have previously taught that the cod or cod products claimed to be on the market are not "real cod" in the strict sense.

True cod is a cod of the genus Gadus in the family Gadidae in the order Gadformes. In other words, generally only the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac) are true cod.

Among them, Greenland cod has a very small production and a narrow distribution area. It is only produced in the waters around Greenland and is very rare on the market.

Therefore, the common true cod are generally Atlantic cod and Pacific cod.

So what kind of fish are the 10 baby cod we bought? Let’s take a look at the test results first:

Fortunately, all 11 types of cod purchased this time are real cod! Parents can breathe a sigh of relief~

Although the cod evaluation results were good, can the salmon continue to maintain the same level?

Salmon sample fee 2092.91 + testing fee 23100 = 25192.91 yuan

You should know that real salmon generally refers to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and common "fakes" include rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and salmon (Oncorhynchus keta).

These two types of fish are relatively cheap, and their flesh is orange with white stripes, so it is difficult to distinguish them from real salmon with the naked eye.

There are also some live broadcast rooms that confuse concepts. It clearly says "Arctic char" on the packaging, but it is called "salmon" during the live broadcast. Parents must pay attention to this.

So what was the result this time?

Oh my goodness, the salmon are still having trouble.

In order to see what the three products that did not contain Atlantic salmon were, the technician bought the same products from different batches for testing. The results are as follows:

Sure enough, rainbow trout appeared in No. 9 and No. 12, but salmon was found in No. 10 in the second test. Different ingredients in different batches? You can experience it for yourself.

What’s more interesting is that neither Atlantic salmon, salmon, nor rainbow trout were detected in No. 2.

The technician did not give up, so we commissioned the laboratory to conduct a third test using a different method, and concluded that sample No. 2 contained coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch).

Coho salmon, a species of salmon (Oncorhynchus), is a distant relative of salmon, like salmon and rainbow trout, but costs less than salmon.

As you can see, most of the results in this review are real cod/salmon, with a few salmon being replaced with lower-cost fish.

With the advent of the consumer age, there are more and more products that can provide children with better nutrition and help them thrive.

We know that parents can give much more to their children than we imagine. But there are also businesses that try to exploit the love parents have for their children and sell inferior products as good ones.

Even though salmon, rainbow trout and coho salmon have good nutritional value and taste, this is not a reason for businesses to deceive consumers and make them spend money in vain.

Editor | SuSu

Design | Sour

Source: Dad Review