Why are Anchovies SO MUCH Saltier Than Other Fish? | Food Unwrapped

Matt Tebbutt investigates what makes anchovies such a salt fish to eat, especially when compared to other fish.

Food Unwrapped Season 6 Episode 4

Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbut, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.

[leha]

The last time I got eviscerated, covered in olive oil and stuffed into a can with my family and friends, I was a little salty too.

[Fourside__]

"i dont know but i could google it for ya"

lmao im dying xD

[chrisoberg]

They're salty because of...salt? Who would've known smh

[xtreme_survival]

jarred anchovies in olive oil stacked on toasted Italian Bread... My mouth is watering!

[Seminolerick]

A pizza is incomplete without a herd of anchovies gracing the top !

[WarsunGames]

I knew people where lying. They said Anchovies where salty from the start. An i said. that was impossible. The amount of salt in Anchovies is so toxic at a level that there is no way it would live in the ocean at that level. I was right. They Salt the Anchovies. We normally get ours fresh. So I was right to be angry to get old Anchovies from a can when i wanted fresh.

[HSOON]

In Arab gulf countries we make sauce out of anchovies and we eat it with bread. I think the recipe is Portuguese in origin and we came in touch with it with the Portuguese invasion

[derrickbonsell]

Fish in the ocean aren't salty because like most vertebrates they can control the salt content of their blood and bodily fluids.

[bobkelley]

Before I start this video I will say what I learned living in the Philippines for years. Small salted fish and salted prawns are fresh prawn and fish that are caught in fine nets then weighted asap and sea salt added according to weight. This way they will last a long time. They must have the correct ratio. Now I will watch the video and see how wrong I am. LOL

[handl_me]

6 to 12 months soaked in salt, hence the saltiness

[kirkoneill]

I love anchovies. Especially on pizza.

[jeffsmith]

Some more than others, I add them to every pizza I eat and sometimes just eat them straight out of the can...

[arthas]

I always assumed its because people mostly eat canned anchovies where they're salted to drive out moisture and to act as a preservative in addition to the normal flavor enhancement

[genekelly]

Almost all the anchovies sold in the USA are from Morocco-and so heavily slated that they taste like fish flavored salt. I understand the Italian anchovies are less salty-haven't been able to find any, though.

[ronaldmcdonald]

You can go to Tesco's deli and get filleted anchovies out a bowl, their no where near as salty as the tinned ones and quite mild. I love BOTH, but sometimes I like the milder ones after eating the salty anchovies for a while!

[ritparent]

at 0:49 when the the processing line is hard at work gutting them, are the anchovies already cooked? Or are they still live? Or are they dead but raw and uncooked???

[SL-vsfs]

“Taste great with a point of water.” 😂😂😂👍🏾

[markiangooley]

Every anchovy I’ve eaten in my life has been canned and I suspect that every one was canned in Morocco. That’s where the American market seems to get them all... almost. I’ve been to an Italian market in south Florida that offers fresh ones sometimes, though expensive enough that I haven’t yet bought any.

[alanstrong]

Anchovy pizza is liked by some. I have yet to try that topping.

[roufdrapht]

All this production quality for 8 comments and under 2k views. Something doesn't add up