Is salmon really that salmon?

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IIRC it's a dye that makes the meat of the salmon that color to begin with. It might be something added in prior to it winding up on the shelves or it might be the result of what salmon at certain hatcheries are fed.
Reared salmon is fed a kind of carotenoid called astaxanthin to make their flesh red / orange in color.
 
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