Division D CEPHALOPODS
United Kingdom
| Criteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshness category | |||
| Extra | A | B | |
| Skin | Bright pigmentation, skin sticks to flesh | Dull pigmentation; skin sticks to flesh | Discoloured; easily detached from flesh |
| Flesh | Very firm; pearly white | Firm; chalky white | Slightly soft; pinky white or slightly yellowing |
| Tentacles | Resistant to removal | Resistant to removal | More easily removed |
| Smell | Fresh; seaweed | Slightly or no smell | Ink smell |