Tzar Caviar Vegan - Gourmet Seaweed Pearls - jar 3.7 oz Black Beluga Style

Full disclosure: I've been a vegetarian since I was 11 and have never tried real caviar. However, my partner has only been veggie for the last 2 years, and he has eaten caviar. Both of us loved this stuff! Sure, if you're expecting real fish roe, I'm sure this won't quite cut it. However, this product exists for those of us who want a taste of luxury without the cruelty. And as far as that goes, it really is an opulent treat. Is it worth $20? I'm really not sure, as it is about double the other brands of vegan "caviar" we've tried in the past. However, it also tasted even better than the other options we've tried. There is a pleasant salty, umami flavour that gives this caviar a "fishy" edge, and the texture is delightfully realistic (according to my partner). We enjoyed this for a special dinner yesterday, during the COVID-19 lockdown, when we couldn't go out anywhere to celebrate my guy's 32nd birthday. I ordered it so we'd still have a special treat for his special day. We ate it on homemade bread toasted into little crostinis, topped with creme fraiche. Highly recommend it with a glass of champagne! All in all, this is a great, luxurious treat for those who don't want to eat real fish roe but still want that caviar feel/flavour. It tastes great, feels fancy, and is different from your day to day fare. It is cost prohibitive as a regular purchase at $20 per small jar (we used about half of the jar between two of us, just as an appetizer, on 4 crostinis), but was perfect to scale up an isolation birthday celebration!

I come from an extensive background of born&raised in the USSRland and having traveled to very many exotic destinations with respectful cuisines. My kids will attest to the weird tastes I have, and a non-discriminating nature of my meals (eggs in the evening? fine! fish for breakfast? why not...) Recently, I became vegan-curious (but do not observe any exclusive diet). This is a very enjoyable product. I compared it to another brand, and find that a more smooth texture of this one is far superior to the alternative. It is NOT real caviar, but it approximates the experience very well. I like the taste and texture a lot, and the price of it is on-point for what you get. I am ordering more as I write this. On my photo, it is paired in a breakfast with a slaw&egg, and a homemade vegan mushroom/walnuts pate on light toast with vegan butter (there is a vegan butter I absolutely prefer to the real deal now). Delicious vegan caviar. I kind of wish I knew of this sooner. The packaging is great - looks also very high class, like the original item.

Tastes nothing like the actual thing. Consistency is close. The flavor is so far off with no resemblance of the actual thing, there's no point on purchasing this. Sustainability and fish friendly things in mind about the real caviar, you might as well just skip out on this alternative. It's not oily, and it's not salty. Don't bother.

My husband and I love caviar, but seldom eat it because of it's price. We stumbled upon Tzar's Vegan Caviar on Amazon and took a chance. Mind you, we are not vegans. We were not disappointed, but pleasantly surprised! The packaging was great - very much like real caviar. We had it during cocktail hour and served it on some water crackers and zuchinni slices. The appearance and texture were so realistic - It was really delicious. It was too much for two of us to enjoy in one sitting, so we put it in the refrigerator and ate the remainder two days later - still as yummy. It was so good infact, that we shipped a jar to my Brother and his lady who are both Vegan's. They have yet to try it, but I'm guessing the will now be fans. We will surely buy this again and recommend to those that want a caviar experience without it being actual fish eggs, or expensive.

The product has leak, and the lid of the box is loose. The product seems have been opened. This is the 2nd time I have this issue, and it can not be returned.

This product has great flavor, not overwhelming. It was just right as a topping or simply straight.

Got this for my mom, who is vegetarian, for a celebration. As a caviar eater myself, I was not expecting much, but I was very pleasantly surprised. It doesn't have quite the aftertaste or depth of flavor that the real thing does, but it absolutely nails the major flavor profile of oceanic, briny creaminess, and is at a good enough price to try in a variety of presentations. Texture is just a little bit off, but not necessarily in a bad way. Definitely shockingly close to the real thing, and would even recommend it as a lower price alternative, even for non-vegetarians.

My wife is vegan, but I eat fish and seafood and so I occasionally have caviar. My wife used to eat seafood and she has had caviar but not in some time. We saw this on Amazon and thought we would try it. We were pleasantly surprised. I can say that you cannot get any caviar this good for the price whether its from a fish or vegan, and its better than any caviar in its price range. You really need to spend at least 4 times as much money (or more) on real caviar to get anything better. After we finished our first order, I immediately ordered another ... it was that good.