Fish

Oreochromis niloticus

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Oreochromis niloticus is Nile tilapia, the dominant farmed tilapia species worldwide—lean, mild, white-pink flesh with a fine flake and little oil. It thrives in warm aquaculture and supplies the bulk of global frozen and fresh tilapia fillets. Bake, steam, fry, or stew; the fish is lean so baste or sauce thick pieces. Muddy off-flavours come from poor pond conditions, not the species itself. Seek producers that purge and manage geosmin. True Nile tilapia underpins most “tilapia” on supermarket labels.