Headline : The Color of Farmed Salmon Comes from Adding an Antioxidant to Their Feed, with Benefits for Everyone

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Despite what you may have heard online, farmed salmon fillets are red due to naturally occurring molecules called carotenoids, not red dye.

A barrage of messages from social media influencers, along with other online blogs and articles, have claimed that farmed salmon are bad for you because the fish are fed dyes to turn their flesh red.

Some have claimed that farmed salmon is naturally gray, suggesting they are malnourished, and consumers should avoid eating it for this reason.

These claims are utterly false and perpetuate a myth that can confuse or scare salmon consumers. The truth is that the color of salmon fillets is red due to naturally occurring molecules called carotenoids, such as astaxanthin. This is part of a natural diet of wild salmon, and is added to the food for farmed salmon.

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