First, let’s bust the biggest myth: salmon trout is not a lovechild of a salmon and a trout. (Sorry to crush your farm-animal-crossbreeding fantasies.) In reality, it’s a rainbow trout that’s been fed a special diet—usually containing astaxanthin—to turn its flesh that familiar salmon-pink hue. Yes, it’s basically trout in a fancy salmon costume.
Why do they call it salmon trout, then? Marketing. Pure, unapologetic, brilliant marketing. Because “rainbow trout” sounds like something you’d catch in a children’s book, but “salmon trout” whispers elegance and premium—and maybe a slightly higher price tag. Cue the dramatic eye roll.
