I-Caviar ihlukaniswe ngezinhlobo.
I-Caviar ikhiqizwa emaqandeni ezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-sturgeon, futhi ezinye zazo zibhekwa njengezibaluleke kakhulu. Nansi ukubuka kabanzi kwezinhlobo eziyinhloko ze-sturgeon okutholakala kuzo i-caviar kanye nezithandwa kakhulu:
- I-Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso): Ikhiqiza i-caviar edume kakhulu nebizayo, eyaziwa ngezinhlamvu zayo ezinkulu kanye nokunambitheka okuthambile. I-Beluga caviar idume ngokuthungwa kwayo kwebhotela kanye ne-nutty flavour.
- I-Osetra sturgeon (i-Acipenser gueldenstaedtii): I-Osetra caviar inombala osuka ensundu osagolide ukuya cishe omnyama. Kuyaziwa ngokucebile, ukunambitheka kwayo okunothile kanye nokuqina kukabhontshisi.
- I-Sevruga sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus): I-Sevruga caviar yaziwa ngezinhlamvu zayo ezincane kanye nokunambitheka okunamandla. Ibiza kancane kune-Beluga ne-Osetra kodwa isahlonishwa kakhulu phakathi kongoti.
- I-Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii): Lolu hlobo oluncane lukhiqiza i-caviar enezinhlamvu ezimaphakathi kanye ne-flavour ethambile, evame ukubhekwa njengenye indlela evumelekile ye-Osetra caviar.
- I-Kaluga sturgeon (Huso dauricus): Eyaziwa nangokuthi "i-Siberian Beluga", lolu hlobo lukhiqiza i-caviar efana ne-Beluga, eyaziswa kakhulu ngekhwalithi nokunambitha kwayo.
- Inkanyezi ye-sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus): Ikhiqiza i-caviar enezinhlamvu ezincane kanye ne-flavour enamandla kunezinye izinhlobo.
Phakathi kwalezi, i-Beluga caviar ngokuvamile ibhekwa njengebaluleke kakhulu, ilandelwa i-Osetra ne-Sevruga. Kodwa-ke, okuthandwayo kwezinhlobo ezithile ze-caviar kungahluka ngokusekelwe ekuthandweni komuntu siqu kanye nezici zohlobo ngalunye. Kubalulekile futhi ukuqaphela ukuthi ngenxa yezinkinga zokudoba ngokweqile nezokongiwa kwemvelo, ezinye izinhlobo ze-sturgeon manje sezivikelekile futhi i-caviar yazo isiyivelakancane futhi ibiza kakhulu.