Canned seafood

Seafood in the food industry is understood as all usable inhabitants of the world's oceans. Despite the fact that researchers classify fish as marine inhabitants, in the food industry this food product is separated into a separate group. Therefore, it can be said that fish according to the classification of food industry specialists does not belong to seafood.

Gifts of the sea or seafood are used not only for culinary purposes. Many types of seafood are raw materials for the pharmacological industry. In addition to medicine and pharmacology, seafood is actively used in the chemical industry. The uniqueness of seafood lies in the fact that each type of gifts of the sea is endowed with exceptional beneficial properties, as well as vitamin and mineral composition.

Seafood has an indisputable beneficial effect on the state of health, and in addition, human well-being. Modern science knows a colossal number of varieties of seafood, which can take a single day to list. However, among the most common and widely used in cooking, the following groups of sea arches can be distinguished:



crustaceans, one of the most numerous groups, which includes crabs, lobster, shrimp, crayfish, lobster, krill, as well as langoustas;

seaweed, e. g. red or brown or well-known kelp;

bivalves, these include mussels, scallops or oysters;

echinoderms, namely trepangs, holothuria, as well as cucumaria;

cephalopods such as squid or octopus.



Since the chemical composition of seafood contains numerous compounds and vitamins useful for the human body, people harvest the gifts of the sea in various ways. Perhaps one of the most effective ways is the conservation process. Modern food producers offer consumers a wide range of various canned seafood.

It is noteworthy that canned seafood can be purchased both in domestic grocery stores and made at home. Canned seafood has found really wide application in the culinary field. As a rule, canned seafood becomes the component ingredients of salads, as well as first or main fish dishes.

In addition, canned seafood is used as fillings for snacks or pastries. Often, without canned seafood, it is simply impossible to prepare a particular dish. Canned seafood, as well as fresh gifts of the sea, are of particular importance for Mediterranean cuisine, as well as the culinary tradition of Asian countries.

Among the most popular and widely used canned seafood for culinary purposes are the following: canned shrimp and crab meat, scallops, squid, as well as octopuses, langouste meat, mussels. oysters, trepangs, and perhaps seaweed.