The Caviar Guide
Just Caviar · Caviar 101
The Caviar Guide
Caviar 101: eight short reads. Start anywhere.
Species, serving, pairings, storage — and the nutrition data, by the numbers. No mythology, no theatre, no fluff.
Caviar has been over-mythologised for a century. We've stripped that back to the questions you actually have.
What it is, how to eat it, how much you need, how to store it, what the nutrition data actually says — eight short pages, written without ceremony. You can read them in any order, or follow the curated path below.
CAVIAR BY THE NUMBERS
What's in a 30g tin
Average values per 30g serving of sturgeon caviar, based on the USDA FoodData Central database. Values vary by species. See the full breakdown.
NEW TO CAVIAR? START HERE
The seven-step reading path
- 01 Species guide — pick your caviar by taste
- 02 How much per person — getting the quantity right
- 03 How to eat caviar — the four rules
- 04 What goes with caviar — drinks and food pairings
- 05 Storage and freshness — keeping a tin at its best
- 06 How we source — farms, CITES, cold-chain
- 07 FAQ — shipping, returns, and everything else
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EIGHT GUIDES · ~5 MINUTES EACH
01 · SPECIES
Species guide
Osetra, Kaluga Hybrid, Beluga, and the rest. Pick by taste, not by price.
02 · QUANTITY
How much per person
More than you'd think. The math behind sizing your tin.
03 · TECHNIQUE
How to eat caviar
Four rules. Temperature, spoon, quantity, what not to do. Nothing else is mandatory.
04 · PAIRINGS
What goes with caviar
Champagne, vodka, sake, blini, potato, eggs. What works, and what doesn't.
05 · STORAGE
Storage and freshness
Three rules. Unopened, opened, never. Caviar is stable, not indestructible.
06 · SOURCING
How we source
Traceable, legal, packed in New York. The journey from farm to your door.
07 · NUTRITION
By the numbers
Protein, omega-3, B12, selenium, iron. The full nutrition data per species.
08 · FAQ
Common questions
Shipping, returns, freshness, gifting, allergens. Every question we get.
READY TO TASTE
The Introduction — 30g each of Osetra, Kaluga Hybrid, and Siberian. Plus blini and chips. Taste them in one sitting, find your preference. $229.
SHOP THE INTRODUCTION →LARGER FORMATS
The Ritual ($479) and The Table ($749) for hosting and weekly habit.
From the Journal
EDITORIAL · LATEST READS
NUTRITION
What's actually in caviar, by the numbers
Protein, omega-3, B12, selenium per 30g — by species.
CRAFT
Caviar as ritual: the weekly habit, rediscovered
Why caviar is moving from occasion food to weekly food.
INTERVIEWS
A chef on the case against ceremony
Why most caviar service rituals are theatre.
Iconik Foods LLC · New York
FDA-registered facility. CITES-tracked tins. Overnight delivery to the 48 contiguous states, Monday through Thursday.