Fish from local chip shops smells fishy, but not from one shop?

As per the title, we have tried fish and chips from several local fish and chip shops, and whenever we get in the car to drive home with them we instantly smell the fish.

However a new fish and chip shop opened recently, and the fish has no smell at all. Haddock or Cod it doesn't matter.

The fish from the none smelly shop possibly seems a little softer too.

What could be causing this?

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Best Answer

very very fresh fish won't smell fishy, and the fishy smell comes from proteins breaking down with age. Texture also degrades and becomes softer with fish that isn't fresh, so what you're describing fits perfectly with this new shop just serving fresher fish.

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Should a fish shop smell fishy?

No smell is the best smell "Don't buy any fish there." In fact, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration states that raw fish "should smell fresh and mild, not fishy."

Why does my fresh fish smell fishy?

Ocean fish tend to rely on trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) for this purpose. The problem is that when fish are killed, bacteria and fish enzymes convert TMAO into trimethylamine (TMA), which gives off the characteristic \u201cfishy\u201d odor.

Can you eat fish that smells?

\u201cFishy\u201d odors begin to develop in fish immediately after they are caught and killed, as bacteria on the surface break down the compound trimethylamine oxide into stinky trimethylamine. As long as the flesh is still firm and the skin is shiny rather than slimy, this fish is still fine to cook and eat.

Where is the fish smell coming from?

The problem, or stink, arises when fish are killed and bacteria and fish enzymes convert TMAO into trimethylamine (TMA), which gives off the characteristic fishy odor. This chemical is especially common in the flesh of cold-water surface-dwelling fish like cod. So cod would start smelling faster than, say, catfish.

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