I'm a chef and canned tuna with oil is better bc the water draws out the moisture and makes the tuna dry and then you find yourself using more mayo or dressing to make it moist. albacore-most any brand is good.
You can say the opposite for tuna in oil being extremely oily and greasy and making the oil fish flavored.... at least with Tuna in water, you can add to it to help with the dryness as opposed to the one in oil which is so absorbed into the fish, Can't do anything about it...
@Mikey Mike most oils can help with the dryness..all depends what you are doing with it, but can't go wrong with a flavorless oil (so not to compromise the taste of the fish) like avocado or Grapreseed oil....
I agree. I can't stand cheap bargain ones like was presented in the video...They ARE more like crumbs shredded and overly salty and I cannot stand bits of fish skin or soft bone.I will pay a little extra to get a better product.I love my tuna in oil,I cannot stand ones packed in water,it seems to always be flavorless and tastes "washed out".I'm not a fan of Albacore,although it seems to have a bit of snob appeal..It is very dry ,to me,and reminds me more of canned cooked chicken.Theres just something I adore about StarKist or COTS oil packed chunk light tuna...in a cold macaroni salad or mixed into my fast dinner of Velveeta shells & cheese...And an added surprise....my cat looks forward to her little treat of tuna oil every now & then, drained off,and it keeps her coat beautiful and shiny!
If you want greasy, oily tuna, then get it in oil. I'll take mine in water, thank you. I also prefer solid white albacore IN WATER. Makes a better casserole, salad, or sandwich. You can keep your grease!
i had quit eating tuna because it not only stopped tasting good it was all mushy two and a half years ago i was in wallmart and for the first time i i seen tuna in a jar and in olive oil and i could see Big chunks of tuna so i tried it wow this brings back memories of how real tuna used to taste i eat right out of the jar or add some mayonnaise you are so right Tonnino in olive oil is the best and it’s healthier for you to
Genova is my fave. I had been only eating tuna packed in water for years but when the shelves got wiped out a couple years ago I tried one of the few options left, the Genova packed in extra virgin olive oil. Wow! Tuna that doesn't taste like the can! I especially like the larger 7oz cans because the solid chunks are larger. I routinely eat this right out of the can with no additions but it is also great on a sandwich or in a tuna salad.
Genova really is great. Once I found them, it’s been hard to go back to Chicken of the Sea or Starkist. The meaty texture and moisture content of Genova really doesn’t need much after opening.
I like Genova, though I've had some Starkist Solid Yellowfin packed in olive oil that was good. I like opening the can to see a solid chunk of tuna, practically no oil. Cheap canned tuna is a sea of oil or water with tuna fragments, and when you drain all the liquid there's not much fish in the can. The better stuff costs only a little more..
I know that I am getting old when I see someone complain that it was difficult to use a can opener 🤣. Opening it without having a can opener is. Having a can opener seems like a blessing. Perspective.
If you try a can of Chicken of the Sea after trying Wild Planet, I guarantee that C of S tastes like nothing except the can it's packaged in- very tinny taste.
I just started eating tuna. First one I bought was bumblebee spicy tai otg package. That shit was good af. Never liked plain tuna or mayo. Just for simple sandwiches is all I'll eat tuna with for now.
consider Trout in addition to salmon. ONLY if it's pink though. Pink is natural trout while white is farm raised grain fed. Taste is night and day different. (white trout sucks) The two are related and I think trout tastes better. Crowd Cow has trout filet to DIE for!
Same. I cannot stand any tuna in oil-it's nasty to me. I like the Great Value in water the best out of all of the brands-luckily it's the cheapest lol.
Good. After learning the high mercury content of albacore and yellowfin tuna, I stopped eating them. Now I only eat plain old skipjack, which consistently has the lowest mercury content of any variety. I will look for this brand.
Chicken of the Sea in oil for me! I've tried lots of tuna brands over the years but I always default to Chicken of the Sea. IMO it has the best taste and texture.
Ortiz is the best tuna you can find in most supermarkets, but if you think that $1 an ounce is pricy, the cost would give you a heart attack. Quality comes with a premium price tag.
Eat cheap crap with artificial flavoring and soaked in veg. oil or eat clean quality product. I'll pay extra as our health reflects what we put into our body.
I prefer tuna in olive olive. Pastine has a great one. That is what I use for tuna mushroom casserole. Genova is my next best choice. Natural Catch is line caught and has large filets. This is perfect for sandwiches.
When I’m in Saratoga Springs,NY in the summer months;I’ll go to a small upscale store that makes fresh sandwiches; the store gets their tuna fish shipped frozen ; and it gets baked at 400 degrees until the meat falls off the bone it’s a fancy albacore tuna that’s the best part of the tuna fish.
I use Starkist chunk light tuna and Starkist Albacore, both packed in water. When I make tuna salad I mix them together. You get a really good flake in the tuna and it works well with all sorts of mix ins because the tuna flavor stays.
Bumblebee's current solid white is same as the chunk white used to be, and their current chunk white is same as their old chunk light tuna. Their current chunk light is same as cat food at pet stores.
Definitely gone downhill. Lucky for them but bad for us is that so have Star Kist and Chicken Of The Sea. The best mass market and priced right canned tuna now is Kroger’s own brand. No joke. All kinds are very good from chunk light to solid white albacore.
Wish you had compared just tuna and not all the flavors and other options against others. I prefer Bumble Bee gold label tuna packed in water. I never buy packed in oil - ever. I also have no interest in the packages ready for the lunch box.So when you compare, try apples with apples.
@@NotData Whether is is in a physical can, a plastic tub, or plastic bag it is all canned Tuna. Canned Tuna is a generic expression for tuna that is preserved for a long shelf-life.
Nothing beats Natural Catch. Available online only and spendy in comparison but not enough to be a deterrent. Easy open can displays nice fillets. No nets, all wild.
I get the chunk light tuna packed in water from my local $1.25 store. It's either Starkist or Chicken of the Sea. When squeezed dry, one can makes a single size tuna salad sandwich and I add a couple of cans to my pasta sauce when I cook it. It also seems to be less salty than the cans you buy in supermarkets.
Did you ever try Tonnino tuna in a jar? I know they make it in a can a well. Absolutely delicious but terribly expensive. A lot of those tunas I have never heard of but my favorite that you did was the Genova yellowfin tuna in olive oil. I just love it and find it very fresh.
I buy 4 a week. My favorite are in olive oil and in olive oil with jalapeño. I feel like I keep them in business cause nobody seems to ever buy it cause of the price. It’s always on the shelf and never seems to move unless I come along.
when i was a kid in the 1970's all tuna was packed in oil, water packed tuna didn't exist until the lowfat/nonfat craze began in the 80's. that said, water packed tuna tends to appeal more to people who don't like fish in the first place... personally, i like fish that tastes like fish. my favorite right now is genova yellowfin in olive oil, ortiz is great too but it's more than 4 times the price..
I only buy chicken of the sea tuna in water but putting Walmart ahead of starkist shows they don't know good quality food because the great value is canned by starkist. There's a trade secret companies don't want you to know, the store brands are made by the same company that makes the name brand. I worked at a bakery where we made the same dough everyday but it went in different boxes. One day it was in the name brand box and the next day it was Walmart then krogers then Costco
Yeah, but sometimes the house brand is the "bits and pieces" rather than the choice cuts, which is gleaned from picked-over, the way you debone the leftover turkey at Thanksgiving...Not necessarily lower nutrition, but with the risk of bones or skin being higher, or still "all beef" spaghetti, but cheaper cuts of beef, or with other foods, the less-ripe fruit redefined as """No sugar added", which sounds great but may be just water and Splenda to add the missing sweetness, instead of fruit juice and the ripe fruit itself...Sometimes the packaging is less expensive or convenient, but sometimes it can spoil faster. The additive ingredients may be cheaper options, but who reads the fine print, they think. Yes, sometimes it is the very same.
(: Yeah ... "the rejected or less quality products" go to "low cost" stores, and people think they are getting a bargain, which is very sad ... when you know children will be fed that crxp!!!!! ... 😢 AND the FDA does not one thing about that!!!!! ... 😢
for about 80 cents a can, the clover valley brand from Dollar General is as good as Ive ever had. It is really a good buy. Not full of water either.Good, meaty tuna in those cans.
I'll have to grab a can for my dad - he's been on a tuna kick lately. Costco's albacore was his favorite, but he was out and I grabbed Laura Lynn from Ingles (south eastern supermarket chain) now its his favorite.
@@prissylovejoy702 I know what you mean. Ive had mixed results with the CV brand but for the most part, Stuff is pretty good. I bought a can of the cream of celery soup and it was really good. And for the price. Yeah, it can be hit and miss.
CV brand chicken w/stars or chicken noodle,please avoid,it. Is so salty you would think you just licked a salt block. Had to throw it out it was disgusting
Dump any can with water. Hard to eat no matter what. I used to use the water versions because of everyone recommending healthy stuff, like chicken breast, but I'm now a fan of tuna in oil and chicken thighs because they taste so much better.
Natural catch is very dry overcooked. Every single tuna is caught in the pacific in radioactive water. Tonnino is caught in costa rica. Not dry at all. Very tasty
They sell little can size strainers specifically for tuna. Can’t remember where I found mine but I’m thing places like Bed Bath and Beyond would sell them. Any store that sells a lot of kitchen gadgets really.
True. But my cats would be heartbroken if I didn't regularly give them a bowl of that "tuna soup". They don't really like tuna - they just like that water you squeeze out of the can!
Good article - I enjoy eating tuna, especially in slightly heated sandwiches and in mixed salads. Learned a few things about different tuna brands. Next grocery stop, I'll definitely pick up a few new brands that I've never tried before. Though most canned tuna is the albacore variety, the expensive blue fin is the king of the tuna world - and the prices reflect that. Still, I've got to try some fresh blue fin be more picky, for a change! Here's to the ubiquitous tunny, folks!!!
I find it incredible that after reading and watching all these reviews, not one has the most popular tunas that are in every regular supermarket - Starkist, Bumble Bee, and Chicken of the sea. Those 3 brands have been around for over 60 years and have accounted for over 95% of the sales of canned tuna. The fact that these 3 don't appear on reviews, leads me to believe that these reviews are paid for by the manufacturers. The 3 listed above don't need to pay for reviews. That have been around linger than the people that are reviewing them.
Starkist was the only one not on this video. After trying them myself I have to agree brands like Safe Catch and Wild Planet taste better, and I think that has a lot to do with the canning process. It's just tuna and salt. I get them at Costco, so it cost only a bit more than a can of Starkist. In my area Starkist is about $1-1.20 per can for 5oz/4oz drained. Safe Catch is about $2 per can at Costco for 5oz that you don't drain. The water in the can is from the tuna and mixes right back in. That's $0.25/oz vs $0.40/oz for tuna that I think taste a lot better and is tested for mercury.
I've always gone for Starkist in oil. I'll be sure to try Walmart in water thanks to this video. A lot of the Walmart brand stuff is really great, surprisingly. They have the best peanut butter out there--do a blind taste test if you don't believe me.
Update: Did my own taste test, and Walmart solid white albacore in water is LEGIT. It's not as good as Wild Planet, but it's half the price. It's like an 8/10 vs a 10/10.
I buy the large can of walmart tuna in water. I have never had an issue with it and there is always large chunks of tuna that I have never found in Starkist or Chicken of the sea.
Your test is flawed your comparing many different types of tuna regular tuna ,Albacore,Skip jack,Yellowfin,,etc, and the water and oil all big differences..
I encourage anyone who thinks this video was bad and if your not a fan of canned tuna to try out Starkist Solid Yellowfin in EVOO w/ or w/out garlic(I was offput of the garlic by thought at first) and wouldn't even really eat tuna plain. It's great. Oil is quality. Fish is actually chunked and very very textured. Super miled flavor. Worth the $$ if you can find Do IT
Albacore Tuna is the King of Tuna. there is nothing better. Pricey it may be, but the taste is awesome. Phillistines will cover it in Mayo. Bid mistake, try it as it is straight from the can, It is awesome.
The Bumble Bee lemon sesame ginger tuna is $1 for the 2.5 ounce packet at Walmart. Where are you purchasing it for $7.50 as you stated it's $2.50 an ounce? You should quit shopping there as you're getting ripped off.
It's a 2.5oz pouch. I'm guessing they mixed up their units/what they were trying to talk about. Those things are rarely, if ever, sold for more than $2.00 per pouch
My goodness, $2.50 per oz of tuna. What are they selling Gold? The cheapest can of Tuna, in the U.K. where I live is about 75 cents for 7 OZS absolute cheapest and it’s quite nice. Thanks for the video, very interesting. 🤔
I tried Trader Joe's canned tuna from the store in Portland Maine and it was terrible. It was way past its prime before canning. I thought that they got the cat food mixed up with the people food. It was really that bad. Trader Joe's usually doesn't disappoint.
Starkist lemon pepper flat pack tuna has saved my life on numerous occasions. As a diabetic with protein deficiency, I occasionally have had my blood sugar bottom out away from home. Use to carry a flat pack in my purse daily. I highly recommend this product to others with health issues.
How does one realistically compare a soft pack of loose tuna to canned chunk light tuna? Or to canned solid white albacore tuna? Convenience for a quick sandwich snack? In any event your choice should be a solid white albacore in cans. I’ll buy whichever name brand if they are on sale for $.99 a can, which when they are off sale, are just under three bucks a can. My store seems to cycle among Starkist, BumbleBee, and occasionally Chicken of the Sea every few weeks. Btw, I recently tried the pouches of “light tuna” from Bumblebee. Garlic with Olive Oil and Lemon Pepper; both were tasty and moist and make for a good snack. Labeled as Wild Caught.
This was a very interesting video, however, I can't get most of these brands in Canada. That said, I have purchased many types of tuna in my time and my favourite is Unico Chunk light. It is tasty, filling and feels like you are eating real fish without the 'tinny' taste.
Wild Planet tuna at my neighborhood Safeway costs $5.79 for five oz. On the other hand, Coral tuna (a brand local to Hawaii) on sale is 99 cents per 5 oz. Now which do you think a person on Social Security will buy?
I like Genova but it's not available at my store so I buy moderately-priced Starkist E.V.O.O. (extra-virgin olive oil) Solid Yellowfin Tuna in olive oil. The only ingredients are tuna, olive oil and sea salt and the can is pull-top. I dump the can onto a green salad and call the olive oil "salad dressing." For recipes I only buy fish packed in water. I prefer solid white tuna and look for a value price rather than brand.
Way too many plastics used. What happened to just tuna without out all the artificial crap. And having to use a can opener they find difficult....what are they, ten yrs old.
I buy canned 'chunk' light tuna (not 'flaked') in water. I eat tuna sandwiches with large cans of soup or Campbell's Chunky. So when I drain the tuna can then I (transfer) put the tuna into the much larger empty soup can, then gently fill it with tap water and drain the tuna again a second time, then use it for sandwiches.
You're absolutely right.... Good evening a how are you doing over there hope you're having a wonderful day, it's a wonderful day that the lord has made.
The Costco Albacore Tuna, Offers A Great Product For The Money!! The Walmart Great Value Brand, Is Hit Or Miss, That's Why I Quit Buying It. Hope This Helps Someone.