Interesting Food - Caviar
There are around 16 types of caviar. Original photo by geishaboy500 - CC (The four main types of caviar are Beluga, Sterlet, Osetra, and Sevruga. According to the Guinness World Book of Records, t he most expensive caviar, and indeed the world's most expensive food is 'Almas', from the Iranian Beluga fish - 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz) of this 'black gold' can be sold for £20,000 (then $34,500). Almas is produced from the eggs of a rare albino sturgeon between 60-100 years old, which swims in the southern Caspian Sea where there is apparently less pollution. It's still only fish eggs, aka roe.) Read more about caviar.