Alaska's coastline is breathtaking. It's over 34,000 miles long, which is longer than the coastline of the rest of the US combined. Salmon swim free in this rich ecosystem of diverse habitats, feeding on marine organisms and contributing to the cycle of life. Alaska salmon are natural. It is born, grows, swims, eats, and is finally harvested as nature intended it.
Farmed salmon live their entire lifecycle in industrial pens submerged under water. Unable to eat a diet of wild nutrients, they are often fed soy- and corn-based pellets that plump up them up to market size in a few months. In fact, without synthetic additives, farmed salmon flesh is gray, not red. To mimic the color of wild salmon, their feed is supplemented with synthetic astaxanthin, a compound often derived from petrochemicals.
Fish farming shares similarities with other forms of livestock farming, as it entails confining animals in densely populated artificial settings that increase their to infections and diseases, which are rare among wild stocks. In response to this challenge, antibiotics are often introduced into the fish feed, ultimately leading to the presence of these antibiotics in the fish consumed by individuals.
Alaska wild salmon are natural. 100%.