Alaskan?

That's farmed too. The 'Wild' bit refers to the fact it has free run of a whole lake...

The supermarkets don't sell wild salmon. Wild salmon is caught as it comes inshore to breed. Catching it means it doesn't get a chance to breed, affecting the future chances of the species. It isn't ethical for a large retailer to sell it on a large scale. Any of the top supermarkets sell enough salmon in a year to make the wild species extinct.

As for the other comments, the usual Daily Fail nonsense. There are different grades of farmed salmon, just as quality will vary from supplier to supplier with any farmed products. There are good suppliers and there are bad. Why tar them all with the same nonsense?

In general, if it's Scottish farmed salmon it's really good stuff. The quality of the fish is generally good, they're looked after reasonably well and they're parasite free. Many counties import it because of its reputation for quality. Us Brits? We just winge, because nothing good could possibly be made in this country...

On topic, can't say I'm sure about this stuff. Unless it's reduced to clear it seems way too cheap. Probably not from this country. Probably not even from the EU. Not sure it'd buy it unless I could work out where it's from - there's a reasonable reason to be wary of some farmed fish.

500g of salmon fillets for just 99p?

What's the catch?

Serious question here, but why is everyone so concerned with farmed Salmon?

Humans farm pigs, cows, chickens and countless other animals for food not to mention crops - all of which have artificial feed/pesticides of some sort and no one really cares - so what's so special about farming of salmon???

.....but we eat farmed cows, pigs, chicken, sheeps that are fed off hormone pellets, not sure why the snobbery over fish? I don't even know myself even though I started it. I think it is to do with the muscles, a wild salmon leaping up waterfalls vs a farmed one wallowing about in a pen. Whereas a wild sheep vs a farmed sheep, they do about the same amount of plodding and have similar meat on them?? :neutral_face:

​Well reasoned.

Bought 5. Nice one

Thanks op, picked some up today .

naff all left in Dewsbury

Good Post OP. :-)

just saw this article on reddit, thought i had to post X):confused:
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2016/06/seattle-caught-salmon-found-to-contain-cocaine-antidepressants-and-pain-relievers.html

"up to 81 drugs and personal-care products were detected in the flesh of salmon caught in the Puget Sound. Some of the drugs include Prozac, Advil, Benadryl, Lipitor, and even cocaine."
"Some of the drugs and contaminates found include Flonase, Aleve, Tylenol, Paxil, Valium, Zoloft, Tagamet, OxyContin, Darvon, Nicotine, caffeine, Fungicides, antiseptics, anticoagulants, as well as plenty of antibiotics."

Just one area obviously but I think i'll stick to my hemp+coconut oil mix to get omega 3+6, there seems to be many better ways to get the nutrients that fish are supposed to give you.

Sadly, I think it says more about what humans have done to the water supply than how the fish is farmed, from Fukushima to oil spills to sewage dumps it's pretty bad to think what kind of conditions some farmed fish have to live in. I'd happily eat farmed fish if I knew 100% they lived in crystal clear, perfectly clean water but in general I give all fish a miss these days.

Oil spills should not be a problem as oil floats and the fish swim under it.

That's because it is only available from Farmfoods.

I don't know you'll have to ask the Salmon. Boom Boom.

Yes I come from Luton, With an upper case L, and I know what the bags are like there and not worth £10 for 3.

just saw this article on reddit, thought i had to post :laughing::confused:
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2016/06/seattle-caught-salmon-found-to-contain-cocaine-antidepressants-and-pain-relievers.html

"up to 81 drugs and personal-care products were detected in the flesh of salmon caught in the Puget Sound. Some of the drugs include Prozac, Advil, Benadryl, Lipitor, and even cocaine."
"Some of the drugs and contaminates found include Flonase, Aleve, Tylenol, Paxil, Valium, Zoloft, Tagamet, OxyContin, Darvon, Nicotine, caffeine, Fungicides, antiseptics, anticoagulants, as well as plenty of antibiotics."

Just one area obviously but I think i'll stick to my hemp+coconut oil mix to get omega 3+6, there seems to be many better ways to get the nutrients that fish are supposed to give you.

Sadly, I think it says more about what humans have done to the water supply than how the fish is farmed, from Fukushima to oil spills to sewage dumps it's pretty bad to think what kind of conditions some farmed fish have to live in. I'd happily eat farmed fish if I knew 100% they lived in crystal clear, perfectly clean water but in general I give all fish a miss these days. Large corporations seem to think nothing of massively polluting water.

Managed to get 7/8 bags as that was all I could fit in the freezer.

Bolton store had quite a lot left and people didn't seem interested in it.

Cheers for posting OP! :smiley:

None is WSM store

i had 2 for my tea, quite nice with soy, honey and white wine...although it says 3 mins in the micro from frozen i think 5 mins would be prudent :man:

seahorse maybe

Salmon in soy sauce with dried chilli flakes. Baked in the oven parcelled in aluminium foil. With a bit of steak cut chips.

Probably, it's tuna that is risky to feed pussies in large quantities. Causes deficiencies. Though I am guessing that is not what you were really asking :innocent:

On a serious note has anyone tried this? Any good? I know it's cheap, but if it tastes naff not really worth the trip to FF.

Thanks, picked up 10 packs!

Is this Scottish or Chinese salmon ?

If any lasses get caught shoplifting this, they should, from that point forth, be known as fishy nickers.

For everyone banging on about gh and antibiotics. First off growth hormone is naturally produced in your body. The minute amount you'd eat via the fish would make no difference. And as for antibiotics. I'm pretty sure they've banned the use of it in foods to help to stop antibiotic resistance.

Just bought 4 bags of these at my local, they are Youngs brand. Left a couple more for other tight gits :laughing:

whoops! I mean 'bargain hunters'

The retardness is strong on this thread.

I was under the impression that the worst part of farmed fish was if they were being farmed in an area that had heavy metals in the water as they amplify through the food chain.

My girth increased when I switched to salmon... but the fishy smell remained constant.

Farmed naturally :smile:

You do realise that you are posting on HUKD and not Tatler, don't you?

Although I dont normally buy this type of salmon because its farmed & fatty

I have got to say hot for the money.

Tesco have 600g for Wild Salmon for £4 & is far better quality

Great deal but when it comes to salmon, there's no comparison when it comes to fresh v frozen. The frozen salmon usually lacks any flavoursome fatty salmon taste unlike fresh, I think it's ok for a fish pie along with some cod & smoked haddock. It does comes down to pricing and fresh salmon is quite pricey compared to frozen, but I'd rather pay the extra for fresh. Funnily enough, my favourite kind of salmon is tin red salmon, that stuff is the best thing ever!

is this dolphin friendly

it's 3 bags for £10 in the luton store

?Understand didn't I say you what

I think people who post this on will be strategy. Because I see less fresh food hot deal like this. Yes. good ideas guys.:confused:

We all should buy some to release into the wild.

Nooo, but then the pound store isn't selling perishable foods that normally sell for around £6 and that could, potentially, kill me if they weren't 'right'! :confused:

The reason its 99p is because the BBE is Jun 2016

Salmon and chips, salmon on toast, chips on toast

Winner right there

Btw thanks to you and the poster above for confirming this was available, after reading almost 4 pages of this debate I was giving up the will to live so as a thankyou you can keep those recipes above

I think in my personal opinion, as there is virtially no choice in supermarkets between wild and farmed for meat (pork,lamb, chicken and beef) so people don't bother to distinguish the difference, likewise for apples, pear and grapes, no one asks for wild version, however when there is a choice for wild then people do ask, such as fish, shellfish, clams, rabbit, venison, likewise for wild blackberry, mushrooms, chestnuts, coconut, then people do ask.

Also forgot to mention she was allergic to salmon :laughing:

Well you can put a side dish of muscles out as well then.

So you want to know why everthing in the pound shop is so cheap as well do you?

Yes I do that.

Watched a program the other night and it said they feed them on vegetable pellets.

Got a subscription to The Grocer magazine? They did an article a couple of years back about how (IIRC) 77% of the 'Wild Alaskan' product in the UK market was farmed. That stands to reason when you consider that global sales of 'Wild Alaskan Salmon' greatly exceed what the species could sustainably cope with.

Though having checked with a colleague today, it appears I was probably wrong about Waitrose. The information on the website, the price point and traceability data suggest it likely is actually wild.

Farmed or natural... Really does that make a huge difference given your getting salmon for 99p!!! Some ppl are so up themselves

Great, great deal! Bought a few packs at my local (they barely had any left, but left quite a few for others).
Does anyone have any decent recipes they can recommend? :smiley:

It's Young's 5 pack and goes out in august, greenwood hull had loads

Cite sources or stfu. Waitrose Alaskan salmon is caught in the Pacific so it's a big lake for them to have the free run of.

Well i dont eat it. But it will do to feed yo the hubby thanks op

^ Enough said. Waitrose are trolling you :laughing:

Farmed salmon itself aside, there are plenty of reasons you don't often hear about such as overfishing other species to feed farmed salmon and destroying local ecosystems where food for farmed salmon is collected - often close to the sea bottom where many other species are affected, their habitat destroyed and their food taken away.

Farmed salmon has no muscles, I'd rather have frozen wild alaskan than mushy and tasteless farmed.

Only 2 things smell of fish....:laughing:

Salmon farming conditions have improved in recent years in certain regions but I tend to buy wild when I can.

https://authoritynutrition.com/wild-vs-farmed-salmon/

Waitrose Product Summary
=====================

Wild Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, from fish caught in Alaska's well managed, sustainable fisheries.

Common Name: Pacific Salmon, Sockeye
Latin Name: Oncorhynchus nerka
Wild Caught or Farm Reared : Wild caught
Country of Origin: Alaska
Method of catch/Farming method: Troll caught, Set net, Gill net and Seine net
Wild caught Catch Area: North east Pacific

Doesn't take much to get the crackpots chirping..

Heat added for a good deal even though I'll never buy it myself.
Bought some fresh salmon once, couldn't bring myself to cook/eat it - it was just too 'pink' (yes, even I know how ridiculous that is, lol)
Have to say though, I would want to know why this is so cheap and not just because it is farmed.

Hot price!Can't wait to get me "Paws" on some :smiley:

Farmed salmon uses very little antibiotics and certainly not growth hormones.

The pellets contain carotinoids, which would normally be part of the fish's diet; without this additive, the fish would come out grey and not pink.

There are a LOT of chemicals used in salmon farming but this is for parasite control (horrible things.....). The worst of these are the organophosphates which are used. These cannot be administered one month before harvesting so that all of it has leached out of the fish. They also use pyrethroids, hydrogen peroxide, avermectins, benzocaine........ I work with a company that supplies all of these products to the fish farmers. I eat a lot of farmed salmon.

The main producers are Scotland, Norway, Canada and Chile. Norway insulted the Chinese, so their sales were destroyed. I would suggest that this fish would come from Chile which is the cheapest producer, but also the one with least control of residues (samples of the fish have to be analysed for residues before harvesting).

Sorry meant youngmans etc ? :laughing:

Surely all wild fruit and vegetables are also better for you than farmed ones but you can't eat wild everything.

Good deal but i always find frozen fish chewy even if cooked from defrosted ok for making fish cakes an fish pie though

Seahorse?

Good deal OP thanks for post.

Serious question here, but why is everyone so concerned with farmed Salmon?

Humans farm pigs, cows, chickens and countless other animals for food not to mention crops - all of which have artificial feed/pesticides of some sort and no one really cares - so what's so special about farming of salmon???

Because of course, the only alternative to eating farmed salmon is cookies and crisps and drinking coke...... Bravo sir, bravo....

Yes, you can eat it.

Is this safe for a pussy to eat ?

All vegans would say that though. :stuck_out_tongue:

Bacon.

Don't eat any variety of meat then if those getting antibiotics put you off.

It's not just salmon farming... read about all food production... water sanitation...Increasing air/water/land pollution
and it will be worse if we leave the EU... however, everything will be marvelous... if we don't :wink:

And yet another useless and nonsensical question/comment.

Frozen!

Alaskan?

That's farmed too. The 'Wild' bit refers to the fact it has free run of a whole lake...

The supermarkets don't sell wild salmon. Wild salmon is caught as it comes inshore to breed. Catching it means it doesn't get a chance to breed, affecting the future chances of the species. It isn't ethical for a large retailer to sell it on a large scale. Any of the top supermarkets sell enough salmon in a year to make the wild species extinct.

As for the other comments, the usual Daily Fail nonsense. There are different grades of farmed salmon, just as quality will vary from supplier to supplier with any farmed products. There are good suppliers and there are bad. Why tar them all with the same nonsense?

In general, if it's Scottish farmed salmon it's really good stuff. The quality of the fish is generally good, they're looked after reasonably well and they're parasite free. Many counties import it because of its reputation for quality. Us Brits? We just winge, because nothing good could possibly be made in this country...

On topic, can't say I'm sure about this stuff. Unless it's reduced to clear it seems way too cheap. Probably not from this country. Probably not even from the EU. Not sure it'd buy it unless I could work out where it's from - there's a reasonable reason to be wary of some farmed fish.

Bring on protein from Insects! then no more arguing right? :smiley:

Where is this misinformation coming from? How exactly is a portion of farmed salmon bad for you?

I prefer not to eat diseased fish or animals for that matter. Also with antibiotics, there is a withdrawal period meaning accidental consumption will be negligible, the dose makes the poison after all. Salmon farming tends to use less antibiotics than other animals and this will likely decrease further with developments such as vaccines as shown by Norway's success. Growth hormones are illegal in the EU for use in all animals including fish.

60% of Scottish salmon producers are part of the RSPCA's Freedom Food scheme.

We're talking sustainability, but, in any case, wild sardines are far better for you than farmed salmon, most of which is produced in conditions similar to battery farming. Huge use of 'medicines' to keep the fish 'healthy', protect them from sea lice etc etc. The waste mountains and desolation on the sea bed below salmon farms speaks volumes.

yeah but there is not enough demand for sardines being sold at £4 a kilo... salmon sold at £4 per kg at xmas? People will fight over it .. Btw you can go to some Baltic states like Latvia and buy sardines for £0.4 a kilo..

A friend of mine works in the fish industry (PhD in biology). I asked her once if she would eat farmed salmon. The answer was no.

Enough for me.

Gave you a like for the joke, but seriously nothing wrong with Horse meat, plenty of people enjoy it smoked and sliced in a nice crusty bread roll for breakfast, easily the best breakfast meat.

Not really. Eating the fish that are ground up to make food for farmed salmon would be more sustainable.

So sick of food snobbery. I'd totally buy GM salmon :smile:

.....but we eat farmed cows, pigs, chicken, sheeps that are fed off hormone pellets, not sure why the snobbery over fish? I don't even know myself even though I started it. I think it is to do with the muscles, a wild salmon leaping up waterfalls vs a farmed one wallowing about in a pen. Whereas a wild sheep vs a farmed sheep, they do about the same amount of plodding and have similar meat on them?? :neutral_face:

Now you are just being silly and I'm serious

Obviously farmed at this price. We used to buy farmed until I heard about all the antibiotics, growth hormones, etc. We now buy wild from Waitrose.

It's 99p for half a kilo of salon fillets. I'm going to take a guess and say it's farmed.

I have eaten salmon caught 2 hours fresh from a river in the Scottish Highlands (poached both ways as it were.)

I have seen the salmon in the off shore pens getting fed off the hormone pellets.

I'm just wondering which this is, that's all, because I noticed quite a difference in the two from my own experience.

If it's a deal for leasing a car they don't just tell you it's a car, they tell you what type. What's wrong with asking what type of salmon?

Ok lets ban farmed salmon, let's rather eat cookies/crisps and drink coke all day long, much healthier and better for you! I agree..

Read about farmed salmon how bad is it for you.
Farmed in small spaces in water with antibiotics to stop fish from getting sick and growth hormones.

And again. Go home :man:

Another useless HUKD idiot :man:

you do realize that salmon would be extinct now if they didn't farmed it ? Only because of the amounts we eat of it..
they are fed fishmeal (hint. they catch sardines,which they than grind up and make fishmeal out of it and feed it to salmon..)
So it's hardly anything bad for you...

another useless and nonsensical question/comment.

Another useless nonsensical comment from the Hmmmmmmm brigade

pink,

oh and frozen

good price.............

Most salmon is farmed at that's the most sustainable way to buy fish. :smiley:

good find op, heat added

What kind is it ?

There's something fishy about this deal

Bought 20 to put on eBay

Saw these @ my local farm foods!

It's horse!!! Cold.

Must be farmed, c'mon 99p!

Very good and important question

Hmmmmmmm

500g of salmon fillets for just 99p?

What's the catch?

farmed or natural?