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Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern is pushing back against concerns about farmed salmon after new research found the popular fish may contain substantially less heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids than previously believed.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-led study, recently published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, found that farmed Atlantic salmon contained 63.8% less eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 47.5% less docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) — two important omega-3 fatty acids — compared with older federal nutritional data.
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Researchers suggested the differences could be linked to changes in fish feed, as salmon farms increasingly substitute plant-based oils for marine fish oils.
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But Zimmern, a James Beard Award-winning chef and co-author of "The Blue Food Cookbook," cautioned against drawing sweeping conclusions about farmed seafood from the findings.
"What we should be calling for is not to eliminate farmed seafood.
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do we make it better?" Zimmern told Fox News Digital.
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The research examined eight farmed Atlantic salmon fillets purchased from retailers in the mid-Atlantic region, raising questions about how representative the findings are of the broader industry.
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Zimmern questioned whether the results adequately reflected differences among salmon producers worldwide.
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The celebrity chef, who said he has personally visited salmon farms in Chile, said farming practices can vary considerably.
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"There are some really good ones and [there are some] that are not so good," he said.
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Zimmern, who has long advocated for Americans to eat more responsibly sourced seafood, argued that improving aquaculture is preferable to discouraging consumers from eating farmed fish altogether.
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"Seafood has to prove itself innocent all the time, because everybody assumes it's just guilty, guilty, guilty."
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"The question is what's going to replace it?
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We have a very reactionary society.
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You can't take away millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, pounds of food globally and not replace it with something else," he said.
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Asked about the limited sample size, a USDA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the salmon was selected to update existing nutritional information.
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"The number of samples was based on standard methods used to evaluate whether nutrient levels have changed meaningfully since earlier analyses," the spokesperson said.
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The USDA also emphasized that the findings should not discourage consumers from eating farmed salmon.
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"The study found that farmed Atlantic salmon remains a nutritious source of omega-3 fatty acids and other key nutrients," the spokesperson said.
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Zimmern previously told Fox News Digital that Americans should pay closer attention to where their seafood comes from and how it is produced, rather than simply choosing between wild-caught and farm-raised varieties.
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He reiterated that position in his latest interview, arguing that seafood often faces scrutiny that consumers don't apply equally to other animal proteins.
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"Seafood has to prove itself innocent all the time, because everybody assumes it's just guilty, guilty, guilty," Zimmern said.
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