Traditional foods of the Arctic represent a rarity among food studies in that they are meat-sourced and prepared in non-industrial settings and harbor an undescribed microbiome, which has implications not only for disease risk but also for food-associated microbiomes.
The practices of preparing traditional foods in the Arctic are rapidly disappearing. Traditional foods of the Arctic represent a rarity among food studies in that they are meat-sourced and prepared in non-industrial settings. These foods, generally consumed without any heating step prior to consumption, harbor an insofar undescribed microbiome. The food-associated microbiomes have implications not only with respect to disease risk