Homemade Taramasalata — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates Homemade Taramasalata by Homemade Taramasalata TREAT — score 45/90.

Calls itself 'Homemade' while the jar is 90% not-roe and the main ingredient is anonymous vegetable oil. Credit where due: four ingredients, no pink dye, no preservatives, no thickeners — cleaner than most supermarket tarama. But make no mistake, you're buying seasoned oil with a fish garnish.

Why this verdict

• Only 10% smoked cod roe — the headline ingredient is a minority shareholder in its own dip
• Unnamed refined vegetable oil is the true main ingredient, listed ahead of the olive oil
• Fat-dense by design — nearly all calories come straight from oil, like any emulsified dip
• Genuinely short and clean list: no colors, no preservatives, no stabilizers — rare for commercial taramasalata
• Smoked, salted roe plus the salty style means sodium runs high per spoonful

Ingredients (4)

• Smoked cod roe (10%) (moderate) — Cured fish roe is rich in omega-3s, vitamin B12 and D, but it's salt-cured so it carries significant sodium.
• Vegetable Oil (moderate) — Refined frying oil; the main source of the calorie density and fat.
• olive oil (safe) — A real culinary fat, not a refined seed oil.
• GARLIC (safe) — Real aromatic. Whole food.