TINCA GOBBA DORATA DEL PIANALTO DI POIRINO

Physical characteristics

Body:

rigid and hard, slightly elastic, resistent to touch, not flabby and mushy

Coat:

golden yellow, curved and hunched back

Eye:

brilliant, bright, shiny, convex, transparent cornea and black pupil, yellow or orange bulb

Gills:

bright red or rosy, humid, without mucous, of silt, parasites or foreign bodies in general

Innards:

slightly turgid, brilliant and smooth with motherpearl hues, not shrivelled and flabby, not disgusting or unpleasant to smell (with hints of mud or grass)

Mucous membrane:

transparent and good adherence to the skin, tactile

Muscles:

elastic and hard, generally rosy white and pinkish in the muscle of the fins, not smelly and does not smell of mud or grass

Other features:

possible marks, lesions, skin abrasions are allowed as long as scarred or deriving only from fishing activities

Peritoneum:

transparent , brilliant, no smell and adherent to the flesh

Scales:

adherent to the skin, shiny, irridescent, golden

Skin:

lively colour, brilliant and shiny grey-graphite or opal green and golden yellow on the sides, minimum thickness of skin and not greater than 1 mm

Nutritional characteristics

Lipids:

0.5 g

Proteins:

17.9 g

Sensory and organoleptic characteristics

Flesh:

tender,soft, quite compact

Smell:

thin, with fragrance of soft water, not bitter or unpleasant or strong fishy smell, absolutely no smell of mud, grass or organic substances

Taste:

of delicate, unobtrusive fish, not strong as sea fish, and without unpleasant odour such as mud, silt or grass