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Article: Squid.(seafood industry)
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- Seafood Business
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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The United States continues to import more squid to satisfy consumers' craving for calamari
Squid is so popular these days that it's being peddled by everyone from chefs to Internet Web sites. Squid has become so mainstream that a national foodservice survey (Restaurant & Institution's 1999 Menu Census) found that calamari now ranks as the 8th most popular appetizer.
For the health-conscious consumer, squid, also referred to as calamari, has a nutritional profile that is very appealing: it contains no satured fat, is 80 percent natural protein and is low in calories.
Worldwide figures show annual calamari consumption is an enormous 2 million ...