Canned tuna ripoff????

(TOM KAN PA) said:

The following is an email I sent to the manufacturer.

I bought a 6 ounce can of StarKist chunk light TUNA IN
WATER. According to the label, there are 2.5 servings of 2
ounce (drained)

tuna.

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This would mean there should be 5 ounces of tuna and
one ounce of

water in the

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can. After draining the water, I weighed the tuna on a
very precise

electronic

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kitchen scale that weighs in 1/10 ounces. There were 3.6
ounces of

tuna. This

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shouldn't be. I hope that these cans were incorrectly
filled, and not

typical

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of every can.

The other day, I opened 3 cans of Chicken of the Sea solid
white Albacore TUNA in water. I did not measure anything. It
says, on the can, two servings of 2.5 ounces. Well I could
not believe that after I squeezed out the water of those 3
cans and prepared them with mayo and relish, I ended up with
about 4 healthy sized sandwiches (on normal sized bread-
nothing big) and just a little extra. I too was amazed at
how little tuna there was. I think something has changed
too. Thanks for bringing it up.

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Far as I can tell said:

There were 3.6 ounces of tuna. This shouldn't be. I hope
that these cans were incorrectly filled, and not typical of
every can.

You bet it is... try another can, then try a good brand,
like Progresso.

smithfarms pure kona said:

On 23 May 2004 16:08:23 GMT, [email hidden] (TOM KAN
PA) wrote:

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kitchen scale that weighs in 1/10 ounces. There were 3.6
ounces of

tuna. This

Quoted message said:

shouldn't be. I hope that these cans were incorrectly
filled, and not

typical

Quoted message said:

of every can.

Sorry, I have to snip or this won't go through.

Quoted message said:

The other day, I opened 3 cans of Chicken of the Sea solid
white Albacore TUNA in water. I did not measure anything.
It says, on the can, two servings of 2.5 ounces. Well I
could not believe that after I squeezed out the water of
those 3 cans and prepared them with mayo and relish, I
ended up with about 4 healthy sized sandwiches (on normal
sized bread-nothing big) and just a little extra. I too
was amazed at how little tuna there was. I think something
has changed too. Thanks for bringing it up.

You and Tom are absolutely correct. Used to be you would get
two nice sandwiches out of a can. I'm the type of person, I
like the filling to be at *least* as substantial as the
bread, even if I only eat a half. Too many 'one slice of
baloney and one slice of cheese' sandwiches as a kid, maybe.
You cannot even get two average sandwiches out of a can of
tuna anymore. I add minced celery or onion, of course
mayonnaise (I'm to Hellmann's what Stan is to Heinz
ketchup), slabs of tomato, that makes it sorta okay. But
back then, that would give you 4 good sized sandwiches.

Then, add to that that even solid white tuna bears more
resemblence to cat food than what we used to think of.
Remember what solid white tuna used to look like? Those days
are gone as far as canned tuna goes.

nancy

I started getting flavorite. it has more fish and it
actually has chunks in it. the name brands sell mostly
fish mash.

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Nancy Young said:

smithfarms pure kona said:

On 23 May 2004 16:08:23 GMT, [email hidden] (TOM KAN
PA) wrote:

Quoted message said:

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kitchen scale that weighs in 1/10 ounces. There were
3.6 ounces of

tuna. This

Quoted message said:

shouldn't be. I hope that these cans were incorrectly
filled, and not

typical

Quoted message said:

of every can.

Sorry, I have to snip or this won't go through.

Quoted message said:

The other day, I opened 3 cans of Chicken of the Sea
solid white Albacore TUNA in water. I did not measure
anything. It says, on the can, two servings of 2.5
ounces. Well I could not believe that after I squeezed
out the water of those 3 cans and prepared them with
mayo and relish, I ended up with about 4 healthy sized
sandwiches (on normal sized bread-nothing big) and just
a little extra. I too was amazed at how little tuna
there was. I think something has changed too. Thanks for
bringing it up.

You and Tom are absolutely correct. Used to be you would
get two nice sandwiches out of a can. I'm the type of
person, I like the filling to be at *least* as substantial
as the bread, even if I only eat a half. Too many 'one
slice of baloney and one slice of cheese' sandwiches as a
kid, maybe. You cannot even get two average sandwiches out
of a can of tuna anymore. I add minced celery or onion, of
course mayonnaise (I'm to Hellmann's what Stan is to Heinz
ketchup), slabs of tomato, that makes it sorta okay. But
back then, that would give you 4 good sized sandwiches.

Then, add to that that even solid white tuna bears more
resemblence to cat food than what we used to think of.
Remember what solid white tuna used to look like? Those
days are gone as far as canned tuna goes.

nancy

Not if you pay for the low sodium stuff! It comes in
large sections/flakes! It's also a bit dryer, so the can
is more full.

But it's also more expensive......

K. (who tries to stay low sodium!)

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Nancy Young said:

smithfarms pure kona said:

On 23 May 2004 16:08:23 GMT, [email hidden] (TOM KAN
PA) wrote:

Quoted message said:

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kitchen scale that weighs in 1/10 ounces. There were 3.6
ounces of

tuna. This

Quoted message said:

shouldn't be. I hope that these cans were incorrectly
filled, and not

typical

Quoted message said:

of every can.

Sorry, I have to snip or this won't go through.

Quoted message said:

The other day, I opened 3 cans of Chicken of the Sea solid
white Albacore TUNA in water. I did not measure anything.
It says, on the can, two servings of 2.5 ounces. Well I
could not believe that after I squeezed out the water of
those 3 cans and prepared them with mayo and relish, I
ended up with about 4 healthy sized sandwiches (on normal
sized bread-nothing big) and just a little extra. I too
was amazed at how little tuna there was. I think something
has changed too. Thanks for bringing it up.

You and Tom are absolutely correct. Used to be you would
get two nice sandwiches out of a can. I'm the type of
person, I like the filling to be at *least* as substantial
as the bread, even if I only eat a half. Too many 'one
slice of baloney and one slice of cheese' sandwiches as a
kid, maybe. You cannot even get two average sandwiches out
of a can of tuna anymore. I add minced celery or onion, of
course mayonnaise (I'm to Hellmann's what Stan is to Heinz
ketchup), slabs of tomato, that makes it sorta okay. But
back then, that would give you 4 good sized sandwiches.

Then, add to that that even solid white tuna bears more
resemblence to cat food than what we used to think of.
Remember what solid white tuna used to look like? Those
days are gone as far as canned tuna goes.

nancy

I bought some tuna last year that actually had some meat in
the can. It was called Starkist "Gourmet's Choice Tuna
Fillet" solid light tuna in olive oil. It was about what
"chunk light" tuna used to be. I drained off the oil and
queezed it gently, and there wasn't much oil. It made 2 good
sandwiches from one little can. I have a couple of cans
left. IIRC, it was cheaper than solid white tuna. HTH :-)

Bob

Nancy Young said:

smithfarms pure kona said:

On 23 May 2004 16:08:23 GMT, [email hidden] (TOM KAN
PA) wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

kitchen scale that weighs in 1/10 ounces. There were 3.6
ounces of

tuna. This

Quoted message said:

shouldn't be. I hope that these cans were incorrectly
filled, and not

typical

Quoted message said:

of every can.

Sorry, I have to snip or this won't go through.

Quoted message said:

The other day, I opened 3 cans of Chicken of the Sea
solid white Albacore TUNA in water. I did not measure
anything. It says, on the can, two servings of 2.5
ounces. Well I could not believe that after I squeezed
out the water of those 3 cans and prepared them with mayo
and relish, I ended up with about 4 healthy sized
sandwiches (on normal sized bread-nothing big) and just a
little extra. I too was amazed at how little tuna there
was. I think something has changed too. Thanks for
bringing it up.

You and Tom are absolutely correct. Used to be you would
get two nice sandwiches out of a can. I'm the type of
person, I like the filling to be at *least* as substantial
as the bread, even if I only eat a half. Too many 'one
slice of baloney and one slice of cheese' sandwiches as a
kid, maybe. You cannot even get two average sandwiches out
of a can of tuna anymore. I add minced celery or onion, of
course mayonnaise (I'm to Hellmann's what Stan is to Heinz
ketchup), slabs of tomato, that makes it sorta okay. But
back then, that would give you 4 good sized sandwiches.

Then, add to that that even solid white tuna bears more
resemblence to cat food than what we used to think of.
Remember what solid white tuna used to look like?

Nancy, that is Albacore tuna which is referred to as "white
tuna" as contrasted with "light tuna" which are generally
smaller fish. But remember, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency states that white tuna has higher levels
of mercury in it than light tuna.

Regards, Bill

Those days are gone as far as canned tuna

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goes.

nancy

zxcvbob said:

I bought some tuna last year that actually had some meat
in the can. It was called Starkist "Gourmet's Choice
Tuna Fillet" solid light tuna in olive oil. It was about
what "chunk light" tuna used to be. I drained off the
oil and queezed it gently, and there wasn't much oil. It
made 2 good sandwiches from one little can. I have a
couple of cans left. IIRC, it was cheaper than solid
white tuna. HTH :-)

Bob

I forgot to mention. Sheldon has said before that if you buy
bigger cans of tuna (like the huge "institutional" cans), it
is in larger firmer pieces. That makes sense to me, but I
haven't tried it yet.

Bob

zxcvbob said:

I forgot to mention. Sheldon has said before that if you
buy bigger cans of tuna (like the huge "institutional"
cans), it is in larger firmer pieces. That makes sense to
me, but I haven't tried it yet.

Thanks to you and Katra and Sheldon, I do remember Sheldon
saying that. I'll look at the choices at the store next time
I go. It just seems wrong to me that you buy a can of tuna
that looks this big, and most of it is water. It's in the
Constitution, you should be able to get two sandwiches from
a can of tuna (laugh).

nancy

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zxcvbob said:

I forgot to mention. Sheldon has said before that if you
buy bigger cans of tuna (like the huge "institutional"
cans), it is in larger firmer pieces. That makes sense
to me, but I haven't tried it yet.

Thanks to you and Katra and Sheldon, I do remember Sheldon
saying that. I'll look at the choices at the store next
time I go. It just seems wrong to me that you buy a can of
tuna that looks this big, and most of it is water. It's in
the Constitution, you should be able to get two sandwiches
from a can of tuna (laugh).

nancy

I won't even buy the big brand names anymore, especially
Bumblebee after finding bones and scales in numerous cans. I
prefer the Costco house brand. Clean and nice large chunks
of white tuna.

Nancy Young said:

Thanks to you and Katra and Sheldon, I do remember Sheldon
saying that. I'll look at the choices at the store next
time I go. It just seems wrong to me that you buy a can of
tuna that looks this big, and most of it is water. It's in
the Constitution, you should be able to get two sandwiches
from a can of tuna (laugh).

So lose the can and buy the pouch tuna. Almost no water in
those at all.

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I won't even buy the big brand names anymore, especially
Bumblebee after finding bones and scales in numerous cans.

That's been my experience with recent cans of Bumblebee!
(Well. Not with finding scales but several bones per can!!)
On sale or not, I won't buy another.

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I prefer the Costco house brand. Clean and nice large
chunks of white tuna.

I've also enjoyed the Kirkland albacore; I just wish they'd
sell the larger cans instead of 8-pack 3oz.

The Ranger

Sue said:

I won't even buy the big brand names anymore, especially
Bumblebee after finding bones and scales in numerous cans.
I prefer the Costco house brand. Clean and nice large
chunks of white tuna.

I steer clear of Bumblebee. Too bad I don't belong to Costco
any longer, but for $45 a year, I think they've priced
themselves out of how I'd save money shopping there.

nancy

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So lose the can and buy the pouch tuna. Almost no water in
those at all.

Not a good idea. I tried one of those pouches. It resembles
ground meat more than chunk or solid tuna - I really thought
of cat food when I first opened the pouch. The texture and
consistency was just plain awful, IMO.
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Donna Rose said:

Not a good idea. I tried one of those pouches. It
resembles ground meat more than chunk or solid tuna - I
really thought of cat food when I first opened the pouch.
The texture and consistency was just plain awful, IMO.

I guess that depends on the brand.... I'll have to start
keeping track which brands are good and which aren't.

I've had some really good ones, and I guess some you could
call cat food....

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miles on the other side of yonder blue ridge.
| May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the
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I've also enjoyed the Kirkland albacore; I just wish
they'd sell the

larger

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cans instead of 8-pack 3oz.

The Ranger

Hmmm, my Costco sells 8 packs of 6 oz. cans

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So lose the can and buy the pouch tuna. Almost no water
in those at all.

Not a good idea. I tried one of those pouches. It
resembles ground meat more than chunk or solid tuna - I
really thought of cat food when I first opened the pouch.
The texture and consistency was just plain awful, IMO.

I didn't like the pouch either. I did not care much for the
texture of it at all.

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Donna Rose said:

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So lose the can and buy the pouch tuna. Almost no water
in those at all.

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Not a good idea. I tried one of those pouches. It
resembles ground meat more than chunk or solid tuna - I
really thought of cat food when I first opened the pouch.
The texture and consistency was just plain awful, IMO.

Yeah, I've had them. I wasn't wild about it. I am not
trying to be difficult, I just wish I could buy a damn can
of solid white tuna like it used to be. The pouch didn't do
that for me. I will try some of the other suggestions to
see what I can find.

nancy

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I've also enjoyed the Kirkland albacore; I just wish
they'd sell the larger cans instead of 8-pack 3oz.

Hmmm, my Costco sells 8 packs of 6 oz. cans

D'Oh! "8-packs of _6_oz. cans" is correct.

The Ranger