I-Caviar yahlulwe ngeentlobo.
I-Caviar iveliswa kumaqanda eentlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-sturgeon, kwaye ezinye zazo zibhekwa njengexabiso elikhethekileyo. Nantsi inkcazo yeentlobo eziphambili ze-sturgeon apho i-caviar ifunyenwe kunye nezona zidumileyo:
- Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso): Ivelisa i-caviar edume kakhulu kwaye ibiza kakhulu, eyaziwa ngokuba neenkozo zayo ezinkulu kunye nencasa ethambileyo. I-Beluga caviar idume ngokuthungwa kwebhotolo kunye nencasa encinci ye-nutty.
- I-Osetra sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii): Uluhlu lwe-Osetra caviar ngombala ukusuka kumdaka wegolide ukuya phantse kumnyama. Iyaziwa ngobutyebi bayo, incasa yayo encinci ye-nutty kunye nokuqiniswa kokuqina kweembotyi.
- Sevruga sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus): I-Sevruga caviar iyaziwa ngeenkozo zayo ezincinci kunye ne-flavour ebukhali. Ixabiso eliphantsi kune-Beluga kunye ne-Osetra kodwa isaqwalaselwa kakhulu phakathi kweengcali.
- I-Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii): Olu hlobo luncinci luvelisa i-caviar kunye neenkozo eziphakathi kunye ne-flavour ethambileyo, ehlala ithathwa njengenye esebenzayo kwi-Osetra caviar.
- Kaluga sturgeon (Huso dauricus): Eyaziwa nangokuthi "i-Beluga yaseSiberia", le ntlobo ivelisa i-caviar efana ne-Beluga, ixabisa kakhulu umgangatho wayo kunye nokunambitha.
- Inkwenkwezi yesturgeon (Acipenser stellatus): Ivelisa i-caviar ngeenkozo ezincinci kunye ne-flavour enamandla kunezinye iintlobo.
Phakathi kwezi, iBeluga caviar ithathwa njengeyona nto ixabisekileyo, ilandelwa yiOsetra kunye neSevruga. Nangona kunjalo, ukhetho lohlobo oluthile lwe-caviar lunokwahluka ngokusekelwe kwizinto ezithandayo kunye nezinto ezikhethekileyo zohlobo ngalunye. Kwakhona kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ngenxa yokuloba ngokugqithisileyo kunye nemiba yolondolozo, ezinye iintlobo ze-sturgeon ngoku zikhuselwe kwaye i-caviar yazo iye yaba yinto enqabileyo kwaye ibiza kakhulu.