Wild Salmon Get Their Color From Eating Shrimp and Krill
Even as eggs, salmon are pinkish to a reddish-orange. ... Each species of salmon eats a different proportion of these carotenoid-rich crustaceans, which influences how pink or red they become.
What color is wild salmon?
Wild salmon is naturally pink due to their diet which includes astaxanthin, a reddish-orange compound found in krill and shrimp.
Is wild salmon pink or red?
WILD SALMON DIET
Wild salmon have pink/orange meat because their diet of krill and shrimp are high in pink/orange pigments called carotenoids. These naturally occurring carotenoids color the salmon's flesh pink (carotenoids in brine shrimp are also the reason why flamingos are pink!).
