The overwhelming majority
of salmon available in the U.S. today is farmed salmon, which you will see sold
in grocery stores, fish markets and restaurants as "Atlantic" salmon.
Just like people, salmon are leaner and healthier when they exercise and eat
well. Farm-raised fish --- which spend their lives in a pen --- have more total
fat than their wild counterparts, and their ratio of beneficial Omega-3 fats to
bad, saturated fats is much lower. Farmed Atlantic salmon are fattened on fish
meal, corn, or soy pellets, unlike the wild salmon, which hunt down their food
making them leaner. Wild salmon contains no dyes, PCB’s or toxins and are
harvested in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner.
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