Caviart Award-winning VEGAN Caviar - Black Seaweed Flavor 3.5 oz (Black Caviart)

I was a bit leery to purchase due to all the negative reviews. I’ve never seen a product with such biased reviews on both ends of the spectrum! They’re all over the place. I just received my black Caviart today, and I absolutely LOVE it! A full breakdown: *First impresssion, the size of the container is generous, when comparing to my usual grocery store shelf (real) caviar. I like the premium quality looking packaging of this as well, it’s very appealing. *Opening the container, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the product is NOT liquidy as some reviewers mentioned. Just like real caviar, it’s a solid product. Visual appeal, this looks like the real thing. *Aroma: there is no chemical smell as another reviewer insinuated. It doesn’t smell awkward or bad. *Solidarity: scooped just as I would real caviar, and it holds it shape very nicely. Perfect little “eggs” that are uniform in shape. *Taste: here’s the real test! Perfect little “eggs” that feel pleasant on the palate (very nice smooth texture!), that gently *pop* with a pleasant lightly salted flavor. No weird aftertaste. *Final thoughts: I LOVE this product, even better than the real thing, and I HIGHLY recommend it! This is not a novelty product, it is an amazing substitute to a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. I’m absolutely amazed at how some of these companies put out such fantastic flavorful plant based products that are so similar, if not better, than the real thing.

I wanted to like this, I wanted to keep my mind open, but ughhh. I had to add quite a bit of salt to this just on a cracker with creme fraiche, which should tell you everything you need to know... what kind of attempt at imitation caviar isn't even salty? Further, there's really no perceptible flavor at all, not "seaweed flavor" just nothing. And finally all the balls are solid throughout, there's no liquid inside at all, so instead of the familiar "pop" you should expect something more like tiny solid balls of moist black gelatin-like substance. I don't know why this has such high reviews frankly, unless it's all vegans who forgot what caviar actually is haha, but seriously this isn't even close. I threw out the rest of my jar after trying maybe 1tbs altogether, and I'll just be attempting to diy my own from now on based on reverse spherification using kombu stock or something (since all the ingredients can be had for around the same price as ~2x of these jars of inedible mini wet chewy balls, which is still nothing compared to the cost of real caviar ***assuming one actually approximates it well enough to substitute, which this product categorically fails at***).

I gave this 5 stars partly based on my expectations, never having tried a vegetarian/seaweed "caviar" before, and real roe or caviar have been rare things in my life - but I loved every morsel I've ever had. Finding a good fish-friendly eco-friendly alternative is not easy and CaviArt really does succeed. I will definitely be buying it again. If you are expecting exactly the same as fish roe, you might find this product less salty and with less of that distinctive fresh ocean umami. It does have a great fresh taste and texture very close to caviar, just not quite as intense. I have eaten it with salmon steaks, chopped boiled eggs, and even with a bit of brie on crackers. I am sure it will go well with lots of other dishes. I think it's actually more flexible than real roe because it's not quite as intense in flavor. Can be overwhelmed though - sour cream with the chopped eggs was too much for it. Overall I am soo happy to have found something that really reminds me of eating fish roe when I was much younger, but without all the issues of how roe is harvested etc.

The "eggs" ARE firm and not nearly as salty as many reviews in here complain about. They're not mushy or over powering in any way. I like them, much better than expected and I expected the worst from the reviews but decided to see for myself and am glad I gave them a try. I'm not a vegan but if they can produce seaweed caviar that's as close to the real thing as this for much less I'm all in. I expected an inferior mushy, extremely salty and wet cheap product from reading the reviews but from my end they were all wrong. I'll definitely be buying more of this

I was surprised that the jar was mostly filled with a thin dark rather tasteless liquid. The "eggs" themselves were pretty good--I did not really expect them to taste like real caviar, but they had a nice texture and taste, and not too salty. But don't expect this jar to be filled with firm "caviar eggs." It's more like a slurry of mostly water with a couple of teaspoons of "eggs" at the bottom. I will not be buying again.

I tend to fixate on things briefly and lately it was caviar. So I bought several items including this. The taste is nice. It's not too salty for me and gives a little crunch when I chew. I did put a little in my mouth and swish saliva to get rid of the liquid and it tasted significantly less of anything. Maybe a little seaweed. One important thing that someone buying should know is this product doesn't have a pop of liquid like proper caviar. They are little solid spheres that do give a little crunch. All in all, I'm very happy with this product. I wouldn't use this as a caviar itself, but I could see it as a garnish.