I stopped buying canned tuna about 15 years ago. I saw the price double and then double again, the can shrunk by about 15% to 20%, and the quality of the tuna fell off the cliff. The tuna went from 'chunk light' that were actual chunks to 'chunk light' that were little more than mushy scraps. As a bad deal all around, I stopped buying. It really is that simple.
Even more simple is the high mercury content. Just look up mercury poisoning. Ask your doctor to test for mercury at your next physical. You may be surprised. Most "big fish" have high mercury content.
@@hewitcMercury content in tuna will vary according to species and according to the fish's age. Solid white will typically have a higher mercury content than chunk light. If you fear mercury content: stay away from swordfish.
@@hewitc It's not so much how big the fish is, but rather how high up the food chain, as methyl mercury bioaccumulates. Bigger fish tend to have a higher Hg content, but it is not a rule of thumb.
@@philipb2134 I agree. But for shorthand, a big fish like halibut is higher in heavy metals than smaller fish. If you get a reference list of fish that are safe to eat it's easier to remeber the few that are OK. And it's not just poisonous mercury. Cadmium and other toxic stuff gets in them. We stick to sole for now. Absolutely no tuna.
I mostly stopped eating canned tuna because the quality dropped dramatically about a decade ago. There's weird stuff floating around inside the cans that used to not be there. The flavor profile changed too. And bone fragments started making their way into the product. And the price went up. The product today on store shelves is far worse than it used to be and is more expensive as well.
Same here, nothing worse than a bone in your tuna and it feels like every other can has a bone in it. Plus yes the flavor has gotten worse, and the overall quality has gone down.
Tuna is covered by a Standard of Identity - specifications supposedly enforced by the Feds. It's been years since I bought a can of "chunk light" which met the legally mandated standard.
😂 Retorted tuna (the process of canning) makes the bones completely fall apart. It's not only perfectly safe but the minerals in the bones are good for health.
@@orilion1820 That is unlikely for most species of tuna. It does not hold true for albacore /the only species recognized by FDA as "white meat". Neither does it hold true for yellowfin, nor for tongol, nor for skipjack, nor for euthynus . There are other species which legally can be designated as "tuna" in the US, but they are commercially insignificant. Why do I know this? Because it used to be my job. Come back if you have something to add. I will wait for you in the tall grass.
@@philipb2134 I retort fish for a living. What are you arguing here? You didn't state an opinion contrary to or refute my comment in any way. ESL? I'll help you out. What in your opinion is "unlikely" from my comment?
Tuna used to come with tuna oil but you can sell tuna oil in capsules so they siphoned the tuna oil from the tuna and replaced it with vegetable oil or water. They also pack the cans with the tiny scraps making the tuna more mush than meat. They've engineered things to extract ever dollar possible and as a consequence they've stripped tuna of much of its goodness.
@@dh5380 There are still a few brands that offer better quality and although they are a lot more expensive the quality of the other brands is just dreadful so I pay the premium.
Nailed it! One of my go to’s for quick easy solutions. Now it’s far from thought as it’s way over priced! Lol 😂 what has them thinking the scraps in a can could even compare to that used for even “zushi” or sushi 🍣
Exactly. Always thought canned tuna was suppose to be low quality tuna or leftover tuna or whatnot and was just canned and be sold for cheap because they weren’t sure what else to do with it.
The main reason people quit buying canned tuna was because no one wants to open a can of tuna and find a can full of tuna fiber slurry. If i wanted a can of tuna byproduct i would have bought a can of tuna byproduct. Not buying tuna from any brand that advertises "Chunk tuna" but when you open the can you get tuna slurry.
It's watery and is basically mush in a can. You could barely do anything with it, because even after getting rid of the majority of the oil or liquid it is packed with, the fish content itself is so mushy that it ruins your recipe. Plus, over the years, canned tuna went on to developing a metallic taste to it. Lastly, the quality of canned tuna went down, but the cost of it shot up. The nerve!
A couple of years ago, my husband and I discovered TONNINO brand of Tunafish in good tasting Olive Oil. We regularly eat this Tuna with chopped Green Onions, a little Horseradish and sometimes Capers. No bread or crackers...just Tuna. Delicious
TONNINO is delicious but the price has soared from the $7-$8 to $10-$11. It was always a luxury splurge. Their tuna belly cranks it up a notch. More expensive and insanely tasty. Pricey, high-quality canned fish is really getting trendy. Deservedly. Canned or jarred salt cod is stunning.
Pity. This stuff got me through college when I was a starving student. My fav recipe is tuna salad: 1 can of tuna 1 tablespoon of mayo (more if you like it creamier) Half a can of canned corn (water based) 1/6 head of lettuce Pinch of salt and pepper Canned jalapeño slices Tostadas and Cholula hot sauce 🤗
Awful. U still alive? My salad recipe a can of tuna, iceberg salad, tomato, cucumber, onion, olives, sprinkled with Balsamico de Modena and Virgin olive oil. No salt no pepper - plenty of it in tuna
And since 2000, the size have been shrinking. In 2000, it was 7 ounces a can. Then it was 6 ounces. Then 5 ounces. I've seen some at 3-5 ounces now. The problem is that we are getting less tuna, while the price increases.
50 years ago, regular canned tuna was flaky and had big chunks. Now, regular cans of tuna are tiny shavings that mush down when you try and mix it up with mayo. Yuck! That's why I don't buy it anymore. I've even tried high cost tuna that was supposed to have bigger chunks, but even those are small flakes and shreds. It's like they're selling the nicer pieces to another industry and leaving the garbage for canned tuna buyers. Such a shame.
Thirty years ago down in Mexico I was snorkeling in a large bay, (Pacific Ocean about 1/2 mile out) and saw two large creatures coming right at me from a long distance away. They were near the surface and going very fast (almost like two torpedoes aimed at me) I then saw that they were two Tuna fish about 6 to 8 feet in length. They split me, one on each side, at high speed. Then they were gone. Wow it was thrilling to see these magnificent animals. In a pair, curious as to me, showing phenomenal athletic skill the experience left me breathless. I still love Tuna.
Every time I’m in America I try to buy the most expensive can and no matter what it says or costs it’s still flaky garbage. In Australia we have solid chunk tuna Italian style and it’s cheap.
I live in SC USA...I buy ALDI brand..."Northern Catch"...Chunk Light Tuna in water for $0.69--$0.79 a 5 oz can respectively over the last 5 years. Currently its $0.79 a 5 oz can as of Feb 2024. It is actually cheaper than canned cat food.
@@obsidianjane4413 "Potential downsides. The two main concerns when it comes to tuna are mercury content and sustainability. There are also some potential downsides to canned tuna specifically, including fat and sodium content and the safety of the can itself."-Healthline Nov 6, 2020
@@thecptpiratemonkeyDon’t believe that. Canned tuna absolutely Is a mercury aggregator. Chunk light has less mercury than albacore, but canned tuna DOES have mercury in it
The problem is he just gave us the numbers and it’s $2000 for 2000 pounds up from $1700. So the cost of tuna has gone up, roughly 3.5 cents per can yet they have doubled the prices and blame it on the cost of fish. It’s still a scam. And just so many people who are saying that I’m not associating, fuel prices, and other costs, please be aware that when the canning companies purchase fish per pound, they don’t then get a separate bill for gas and handling. The price of the fish includes all associated costs. This is a scam.
Like everything else in this economy, they blame cost increases - which they have gone up across the board, but in almost every industry they have taken advantage of this excuse and overshot those costs with their new prices. When you look at the tuna markets profits, its a vertical line, and their projections into 2030 continue this same vertical growth. Keep in mind these are the "profit" graphs, not overall revenue.
@@TheDigitalThreat Take into consideration all the food stamps floating around. This has a big impact on cost because stores have a guaranteed 40-50% income there.
That's is the price they paid when the fish is in Thailand. To ship it over, that takes money. Not only that, the labor rates has gone up because the money value has gone down due to inflation. Most of the cost is in labor. Processing the tuna also requires energy and the plant needs electricity. Did you see the price of energy lately? Even after the tuna is canned and shipped, the supermarkets need to transport it to the shelf and pay employees to stock the shelfs. Everything cost money. I'm surprised its as cheap as it is right now. If you had to do it yourself, that can of tuna would be around $100 a can.
They dropped a can of tuna to about 5oz that's barely a sandwich. Can't make tuna salad for more than one person with that. The light tuna is like scraps in a can. The price is crazy.
I was a tuna fisherman before 1980. I still eat canned tuna but buy the most expensive can. The expensive can is near what canned tuna use to be. The 99¢/can tuna you fine in the grocery store, in my day, was sold as cat food. Tuna like almost all other ocean species is overfished. The migration patterns are changing because the Tuna are searching for the small fish they normally eat. But small fish like herring are overfished, too. They're probably less than 5% of their historic numbers. As they become harder to find industrial fishing fleets are catching Krill - small crustaceans eaten by small fish up to some whales. Up to 200,000 tons are caught yearly. So the whole ocean food chain is starving, scrounging for food. The brands you think of as home brands are owned by foreign companies. The have no connection to America, UK, or other countries where they originated. They don't care if local fishermen or cannery workers have a job. Only profits. China alone probably has more fishing boats than the rest of the world combined. And they don't appear to have any standards or limits on the species or numbers of fish that can be caught. Chinese fish the open ocean around the world and off everyone's coast. They fish coastal waters where they can get away with it or their government can browbeat the locals. Most American West Coast salmon are caught in Asia. Salmon cross the North Pacific to Asia as part of their migration. Less than 10% of the salmon return. Many runs have fewer than 1% returning to spawn. It's all fixable, but we need to start with allowing the small species to expand their numbers. We want whales to come back. What will they eat?
@@bambinaforever1402 99 cents. that is a cent symbol, you use 20 question marks and ended up adding so little. Their comment was insightful in many ways beyond the first sentence and what you think cat food costs.
Ironic, but I have found many "house branded" canned tuna to be far superior to the nationals... The name brand ones more often are like opening a soggy mass of wet sawdust, with about as much flavor. Many also add soy to maximize $, and boy does it show. Only canned tuna I like are the Italian brands packed in olive oil and salt.
We maintain a stock of Costco's "Kirkland" brand of water packed, solid albacore tuna, and find it is a price competitive (with other tunas or fish or protein) sources. The quality (and taste) has been maintained over the fifteen years or so w have been buying it (or the equivalent, "cheap" albacore offering). I have always found tuna a bargain, from back in the 1960s (when I used really cheap oil-packed bonita) up till today. The "quality" problem today is that people's expectations are set by the seared ahi offered at better restaurants. Which is very good, if you like more-or-less raw fish, but is only so-so if cooked throguh.
It's not contaminated from the can or processing. The heavy metals are in the ocean and accumulate in top predators over their lifespan. It then accumulates in you and the more you eat the more youll have in your body. Eat young fish if you're worried about it.
The North Atlantic tuna, called in Spanish "Bonito del Norte" which is caught with a line, is a delicatessen. In Spain it is normal to find it either fresh, during the summer, or canned in olive oil. Spanish canned fish are of exceptional quality, from simple sardines in tomato sauce, pickled mussels or anchovies in olive oil.
When I was a child my aunt got us Spanish tuna from a trip she had to Spain. It looked very different as the can was way bigger than the typical cans we had in the Middle East or have here in North America, but I swear to God that I never ever had tuna that good in my whole life. I still remember how delicious it was 35 years after having it!
As someone who lives in Portugal, I totally agree. Spanish tuna, sardines, mackerel and shellfish are all great. So are Portuguese brands, especially those from the Azores. Wouldn't touch the mutilated, cheap, industrial food from the USA with a bargepole and that is by no means limited to tuna.
@@michaelweir995 theres canned tuna which is cheap-ish and bonito del norte is like super fancy, more expensive canned tuna (that usually comes in bigger chunks)
Japanese canned tuna by Hagoromo is delicious and tastes fresh (for canned tuna) and probably ranks as the best since it's bluefin or bonito, but it is pricey. Canned tuna from Spain (Ortiz) and Italy (Cento can be found anywhere in the US) are also top notch and like the Japanese brands they do not smell tinny or fishy just clean and savory. They call come in flake or chunks and the chunky ones are simply the best! You can eat these straight from the cans without seasoning or mayo even.
Here I am thinking to myself: " hmmm I haven't had some tuna salad/sandwich in a while" I guess that has to continue because if Americans are complaining about cost increase I prefer not to check where I live because it would be most likely 2-3x more for me.
Interestingly, I had a cat (which she's since passed away) that would eat most any brand of canned tuna EXCEPT Bumblebee. That right there made me avoid that brand. Of the canned tunas, I've found that Kirkland seems to be the best quality. I certainly will try the new brand that was mentioned in this video, though.
140g to 160g can of tuna is about $2.00 in my country, where the avg salary is $12K/year and the min salary per month is $600... A whole chicken is about $5.00. The math is not mathing and now has turned into a luxury rather than a must have.
They said don't worry be happy, After you eat radioactive tuna you might glow in the dark and some hair might fall out but its almost safe to eat . ya like once every ten years.
Like others, I stopped eating it mostly because of higher prices and lower quality. I've also been trying to cut down on my consumption of methylmercury.
This introduced me to a new brand that I'll try... I can't stand canned tuna because its overcooked... but the way Wild Planet it does it sounds delicious! I also appreciate their business practices of not participating in the ghost economy. It's available at Costco & Thrive Market from what I can see. I want to like tuna in a can because it's an easy source of high protein. I honestly rather pay more for good business ethics, sustainability, & transparency.
Wild Planet is the only brand of tuna I buy now. It's not cheap, but the quality is much better than the big brands. I always stock up when it's on sale at Costco (which isn't often).
Exactly this. I gave up tuna for sardiens 4 years back. Sardines is what everyone should be eating. It's also far more sustainable because they breed like crazy.
stopped eating it about 10 years ago. Yes, the price was going up, but what really did it for me was the taste. Tried different name brands, but all were going down on quality of taste, so I switched over to eating more sliced turkey.
Canned Tuna is no longer cheap. I used to eat Tuna-Melt Sandwich weekly but not any more. Its cost is rising dramatically during the last 10 years. Albacore, Tuna, and even sardine.
Canned tuna in the average store is of bad quality. Last time Costco brought tuna from Italy based in olive oil and it was high quality. The cost was discounted at 8 cans for $5.
In the early 70s, changes in ocean temperatures drove the anchovy population further out from the South American coast. Too far for the fishing fleet to achieve. Europe had used fish meal extensively for cattle feed and had to substitute American grain, at the same time that Russia had a failed wheat crop. They showed up at the Chicago trading pits and bid that crop to the sky. Suddenly, the price of bread rose spectacularly in the US, all because the water got warmer offshore of Chile. We live in a world of interrelated consequences.
@@TGWazoo1 1973 it really was about the warming ocean and the migration of the schools of anchovies. We were in an El Nino cycle, warmer water had moved off the west coast. The anchovies followed the warmth, the game fish followed the anchovies and the later jump in fuel prices made the trawlers uneconomic at those distances. Serious over-fishing issues still lay in the future.
We're living in Soylent Green times... The crux of that movie was that all sea life was exhausted by 2019, and other sources of protein needed to be found to replace it... you know the rest. Other things I've noticed: Canned shrimp, the 1/4" type, is getting scarce and hard to find. Dried (dehydrated) shrimp, usually from Mexican brands, has changed drastically. Previously headless, tailless and about 3/4" to 1" was very common style to find, yet since around the mid 2010s it disappeared, and was replaced with full dehydrated shrimp (yuck). And they're putting less product in the same size tins of sardines, herring and kipper. I used to have to use a fork or other utensil to dislodge the kipper from its tin, now it practical falls out on its own, and there's more liquid in it than before too. A combination of oil and water.
For years the Japanese invaded Australia’s seas to steal $8.0Bn of tuna, and to think that we once defeated and occupied their country to civilise them. They’re still unable to stop their plunder.
plain canned tuna used to be like .50 a can and you got more. now the containers in everything contain less product and are double or more the price. used to get them regularly back in the early to late 2000's when prices and net weight were still good haven't got any in well over a decade now and that is why
I thought the video would talk also about the risk of consuming Mercury in albacore tuna. I stopped eating canned albacore tuna that has no transparency on how much Mercury is in the can. This video is only about cost.
A tuna fish sandwich was my favorite lunch growing up. But I gave up tuna a few years ago because I was getting terrible hives after eating...perhaps due to mercury or histamine in the tuna. Switching brands did not make any difference.
Yeah I stopped eating tuna when I found out the mercury exposure from tuna builds up in your system for your entire life. Every time you eat tuna you add more mercury that never goes away.
30 years ago a can of solid white tuna consisted of one fairly large portion of fish with a few scraps. It was delicious, now they are selling mush, while the sushi market consumes the bulk of the quality cuts. Mayonnaise now has soy oil in it so, you're not missing much to pass on tuna sandwiches.
I went to buy canned tuna here in Canadastan and i was shocked to see the prices!!! Chicken is waaaay cheaper even with crazy inflation....I guess you can still get a reasonable price at costco??
The factory puts a “dolphin safe” label on the can but they bought the fish from a big boat they don’t own that apparently bought the fish from another boat so yeah sure.
It really depends on the tuna. The chunk light tuna is typically from skipjack tunas, which do not typically associate with dolphins, making them dolphin safe (or at least really high likelihood).
@@jeremylow7757 Fascinating!... but I wish they'd stop calling it "chunk light," when (especially in contrast with the alternative) it'd be more accurately described as "flake dark." ;-)
IKR! I think they add more liquid so the can weighs the same. What do you think about Nature's Catch? 3x the cost but better product. Just don't think it's worth the cost.
I never tried that brand. But to be honest I have decided to do without tuna in my diet for health reasons now. I used to buy tuna for my cats as a treat Bumble Bee brand and could not help seeing the water content increase and yes, I believe as you stated, the extra water content was to make the can weight claim. I also noticed the Friskies cat food has also increased water as well. Such a turnoff.@@dwaynejones1555
I never ate it that much, but once in a while I get a hankering for a good tuna melt, so I'll buy a few cans and make one. I don't buy it frequently enough for price to really be a concern. I mean, it's not as cheap as it used to be, but it's still pretty cheap compared to other food items.
The texture of canned tuna makes my skin crawl…it’s like chewing on wet cotton balls. My mom used it fairly often when I was growing up, adding it to mac & cheese, along with frozen mixed veggies, for a cheap & easy dinner. And of course tuna sandwiches in my school lunch bag. But now as an adult, I haven’t eaten it in years. The texture really bothers me, along with how expensive it’s gotten.
Affordability and lack of coupons now lol. I was killing it when I was young broke, after every gym session and while in the field in the military or deployments. Now with money, I avoid tuna because of their high ass pricing. I used to get 4 packs of starkist sun flower for $2 total. Now it’s almost 8 dollars
Canned tuna tastes completely different now than it did 10+ years ago. I swear it's half mackerel or bait now. If I had the resources to do genetic testing on what's actually in those cans, I would. I used to buy the 4 pack cans every time I went to the store. I haven't bought any in the past 2 years because it tastes bad now. It's both Starkist and CoS. I don't buy BumbleBee and I won't buy "luxury" brands like Wild Planet because buying frozen, whole fish allows me to know (visually and nasally) what it is I'm buying and the cost is almost the same.
I buy a lot less canned tuna than I used to for one simple reason: the quality of basic canned chunk light tuna has plummeted, making it a complete waste of money, even at 75¢-$1 a can (looking right at you, Starkist, Chicken of the Sea, Bumblebee, and all the store brands). I love canned tuna and I end up buying the really pricey brands because they are what Starkist used to be (by “used to” I mean the 1960’s-80’s). And because they are really pricey , I don’t buy nearly as much as I’d like to. I’d eat tuna every day and never tire of it if I could afford to.
"We had to raise pricing due to cost increases" says the company that made $204 million dollars instead of $248 million. We are still talking about massive massive profits while the consumer suffers
Meanwhile where I live right now, canned tuna culture is thriving. It’s dirt cheap and if you get tired of one flavor, there’s a dozen others that comes in different variety of cooking styles: tuna in variety of oil (olive oil, corn oil, soya oil) tuna in tomato sauce (Neapolitan style, San Marino style etc), you got Chinese style with five spices, another Chinese style with Szechuan style, (My favorite is Mapo Tofu style but Tuna). Another type is fried in oil and black beans. You got Japanese style that has ranks based on cut (Maguro, Otoro etc.) various Japanese style tunas with a variety of regional miso types or dashi stock. We even got Corned Tuna. We also got complete rice meals with tuna bits in can. It’s wild!
Probably the higher prices, but for me it was about all the fear put out on high mercury levels and how we have to really limit the tuna we eat due to mercury poisoning. I love tuna 🍣 too!
I watched this while eating vacuum bagged tuna. The flavors are pretty good. The calories are low, and the pricing is about $1.25 per package on the high end.
Tuna contains a lot of toxic mercury and other contaminants. The reason for that is that this is big predatory fish at the top of food chain. Tuna eats other carnivorous fish, and that way is concentrating mercury. It is better to eat small fish like herring or salmon.
chili and mac and cheese with me. i always have chili, it's my go-to food, but i can also make mac n cheese if im feeling like a fatty OR chili mac n cheese if im feeling like gordon ramsay
@@jessekendall4658 1/2 pound ground beef, large can of diced tomatoes, small can of black beans and don't wash them. half a pack of favorite chili seasoning(kroger) put everything in pan cook on low for like 4 hours.
Thai union group had revenue of 987.8 million and a profit margine of 3%, that 3% still comes out to 29,634,000 dollars a year. How on earth is that a tight margin?
I worked for Ralston Purina Corp back in the late 70s snd early 80s when RP owned Chicken of the Sea. There were two major screw ups in that time at the canning facility in California where entire warehouses of canned tuna had to be destroyed because of lids leaking causing contamination. After what I seen I would never eat canned tuna. RP shortly thereafter sold Chicken of the Sea as a money pit.
I have no idea what you are talking about I eat a lot of canned tuna. And by how much shelf space it takes up at the store many others must buy it also or stores would not wast so much very valuable shelf space on it. Fish is by far the best meat one can eat for their health and canned tuna is just way to convenient not to use. It requires no refrigeration you can store it for years and you can make things with it with no need to cook it. I eat canned tuna daily at work because of the above reasons.
I stopped buying canned tuna about 15 years ago. I saw the price double and then double again, the can shrunk by about 15% to 20%, and the quality of the tuna fell off the cliff. The tuna went from 'chunk light' that were actual chunks to 'chunk light' that were little more than mushy scraps. As a bad deal all around, I stopped buying. It really is that simple.
Even more simple is the high mercury content. Just look up mercury poisoning. Ask your doctor to test for mercury at your next physical. You may be surprised. Most "big fish" have high mercury content.
@@hewitcMercury content in tuna will vary according to species and according to the fish's age. Solid white will typically have a higher mercury content than chunk light. If you fear mercury content: stay away from swordfish.
@@hewitc It's not so much how big the fish is, but rather how high up the food chain, as methyl mercury bioaccumulates. Bigger fish tend to have a higher Hg content, but it is not a rule of thumb.
Tuna is practically decomposed by the time you open the can.
@@philipb2134 I agree. But for shorthand, a big fish like halibut is higher in heavy metals than smaller fish. If you get a reference list of fish that are safe to eat it's easier to remeber the few that are OK. And it's not just poisonous mercury. Cadmium and other toxic stuff gets in them. We stick to sole for now. Absolutely no tuna.
I can save everyone 13 minutes of their life: Cost, cost is why we 'fell out of love' with canned tuna.
You're doing Gods work.
God bless you!! 😂
Thank you 🎉
No, mercury. Not worth eating at any price. Look at that warning on the can for "pregnant mothers" and then look up what mercury is.
Thank you Mr. Hamster.
I mostly stopped eating canned tuna because the quality dropped dramatically about a decade ago. There's weird stuff floating around inside the cans that used to not be there. The flavor profile changed too. And bone fragments started making their way into the product. And the price went up. The product today on store shelves is far worse than it used to be and is more expensive as well.
Same here, nothing worse than a bone in your tuna and it feels like every other can has a bone in it. Plus yes the flavor has gotten worse, and the overall quality has gone down.
Tuna is covered by a Standard of Identity - specifications supposedly enforced by the Feds. It's been years since I bought a can of "chunk light" which met the legally mandated standard.
😂 Retorted tuna (the process of canning) makes the bones completely fall apart. It's not only perfectly safe but the minerals in the bones are good for health.
@@orilion1820 That is unlikely for most species of tuna. It does not hold true for albacore /the only species recognized by FDA as "white meat". Neither does it hold true for yellowfin, nor for tongol, nor for skipjack, nor for euthynus . There are other species which legally can be designated as "tuna" in the US, but they are commercially insignificant. Why do I know this? Because it used to be my job. Come back if you have something to add. I will wait for you in the tall grass.
@@philipb2134 I retort fish for a living. What are you arguing here? You didn't state an opinion contrary to or refute my comment in any way. ESL? I'll help you out. What in your opinion is "unlikely" from my comment?
Tuna used to come with tuna oil but you can sell tuna oil in capsules so they siphoned the tuna oil from the tuna and replaced it with vegetable oil or water. They also pack the cans with the tiny scraps making the tuna more mush than meat. They've engineered things to extract ever dollar possible and as a consequence they've stripped tuna of much of its goodness.
Did not think of that dang
It’s actually just like cat food now. Think about it
@@dh5380 There are still a few brands that offer better quality and although they are a lot more expensive the quality of the other brands is just dreadful so I pay the premium.
This is because the tuna population is crashing worldwide.
So Many "MisRepresentations" in this "Report", maybe YOU ought to be Fined some Millions of $$ for Sappy, Uncritical Reporting.
Around 2000 the cans went from 6 oz. down to 5 oz.
Then the tuna went from solid chunks to mush that looks like floor sweepings.
More water than tuna per can. What a cheating industry.
Cost is what drove me away from tuna. I started eating tuna heavily in college because it was good and cheap, that is no longer the case
Bingo. On a relative basis, tuna is expensive.
Nailed it!
One of my go to’s for quick easy solutions. Now it’s far from thought as it’s way over priced! Lol 😂 what has them thinking the scraps in a can could even compare to that used for even “zushi” or sushi 🍣
Ok
👏👏👏👏 No one wants to buy tuna if it’s expensive. Two for dollar and they will be the biggest food in the globe. Like expensive tuna or French fries?
Exactly. Always thought canned tuna was suppose to be low quality tuna or leftover tuna or whatnot and was just canned and be sold for cheap because they weren’t sure what else to do with it.
The main reason people quit buying canned tuna was because no one wants to open a can of tuna and find a can full of tuna fiber slurry.
If i wanted a can of tuna byproduct i would have bought a can of tuna byproduct.
Not buying tuna from any brand that advertises "Chunk tuna" but when you open the can you get tuna slurry.
Perfect reply
RIGHT ON - TUNA BEGAN TO LOOK & SMELL LIKE CAT FOOD THAT ENDED IT FOR ME OVER (20) YRS. AGO! GROSS!
Buy name brands...
It's watery and is basically mush in a can. You could barely do anything with it, because even after getting rid of the majority of the oil or liquid it is packed with, the fish content itself is so mushy that it ruins your recipe. Plus, over the years, canned tuna went on to developing a metallic taste to it.
Lastly, the quality of canned tuna went down, but the cost of it shot up. The nerve!
I haven't noticed any metallic taste to it
@@EngineVSEngine Lucky for you!
@@EngineVSEngine some brands do have it but Im with you not all have that taste
Well, you guys are obviously buying flake tuna. If you purchase whole white tuna, you’ll get an entire solid chunk with hardly any water.
@@Eric_In_SF yea could be walmart kmart or any store brand is not the bets but its cheap which is whta most people go for on a budget
A couple of years ago, my husband and I discovered TONNINO brand of Tunafish in good tasting Olive Oil. We regularly eat this Tuna with chopped Green Onions, a little Horseradish and sometimes Capers. No bread or crackers...just Tuna. Delicious
TONNINO is delicious but the price has soared from the $7-$8 to $10-$11. It was always a luxury splurge. Their tuna belly cranks it up a notch. More expensive and insanely tasty.
Pricey, high-quality canned fish is really getting trendy. Deservedly. Canned or jarred salt cod is stunning.
All Tuna in olive oil tastes better. Even tuna in vegetable oil does. The oil preserves the flavor as well as more of the Omega acids.
Pity. This stuff got me through college when I was a starving student. My fav recipe is tuna salad:
1 can of tuna
1 tablespoon of mayo (more if you like it creamier)
Half a can of canned corn (water based)
1/6 head of lettuce
Pinch of salt and pepper
Canned jalapeño slices
Tostadas and Cholula hot sauce 🤗
Would you like some more salt with that salt?
Sounds more like a jail meal or slop should I say…
Sounds good.
Sounds great! The college cafeteria potato bar saved me.
Awful. U still alive? My salad recipe a can of tuna, iceberg salad, tomato, cucumber, onion, olives, sprinkled with Balsamico de Modena and Virgin olive oil. No salt no pepper - plenty of it in tuna
And since 2000, the size have been shrinking. In 2000, it was 7 ounces a can. Then it was 6 ounces. Then 5 ounces. I've seen some at 3-5 ounces now.
The problem is that we are getting less tuna, while the price increases.
and the quality has been going down hill regular tuna is extremely bland to the point that you can taste it
Because we overfished.
Imagine someone talking about 80s price in early 2000. That is your logic. How do you pay for the rent compared to 2000???
Shrinkflation
@@sebastian3004 I said nothing about price. I'm talking about size.
Everyone know prices will always increase.
50 years ago, regular canned tuna was flaky and had big chunks. Now, regular cans of tuna are tiny shavings that mush down when you try and mix it up with mayo. Yuck! That's why I don't buy it anymore. I've even tried high cost tuna that was supposed to have bigger chunks, but even those are small flakes and shreds. It's like they're selling the nicer pieces to another industry and leaving the garbage for canned tuna buyers. Such a shame.
The sushi industry gets first dibs
I buy my tuna from Ecuador. The quality is insanely high and the product is amazing. Worth every penny.
Thirty years ago down in Mexico I was snorkeling in a large bay, (Pacific Ocean about 1/2 mile out) and saw two large creatures coming right at me from a long distance away. They were near the surface and going very fast (almost like two torpedoes aimed at me) I then saw that they were two Tuna fish about 6 to 8 feet in length. They split me, one on each side, at high speed. Then they were gone. Wow it was thrilling to see these magnificent animals. In a pair, curious as to me, showing phenomenal athletic skill the experience left me breathless. I still love Tuna.
That must have been amazing. I’m glad you had such a cool experience.
And if they ran into you they coulda killed you lol
@@Smokey298 At least they spared your life. But humans dont.
they are fast powerful eating machines !! sounds like an amazing experience
Every time I’m in America I try to buy the most expensive can and no matter what it says or costs it’s still flaky garbage. In Australia we have solid chunk tuna Italian style and it’s cheap.
They aren’t talking about mercury in the fish. USDA suggests to eat tuna once a week to avoid too much mercury.
Yes, cost wasn’t my main reason at all. It was all about the mercury concentrations.
Tell that to those island people who eat only fish all the time.
New study’s show that mercury is beneficial for brain function and cures all forms of insomnia
@@steelearmstrong9616seriously?? lol
@@nattysam94 try it drinking a glass of mercury and you will see how good it is for you
Tuna's about $1.20 where I live. Mercury's more of a concern than price.
That's awesome! Up here in Canada I've seen it selling for $3.99! CDN but still! :)
Illegal catching: Most tuna and other fish from Thailand are illegally caught in neighboring Myanmar water.
Mercury is higher on my list of cutting back, no more than two cans a week, more like maybe one for me.
I live in SC USA...I buy ALDI brand..."Northern Catch"...Chunk Light Tuna in water for $0.69--$0.79 a 5 oz can respectively over the last 5 years. Currently its $0.79 a 5 oz can as of Feb 2024. It is actually cheaper than canned cat food.
Corn syrup is high in mercury but its not of concern
I stopped eating it because of the mercury and high prices
The tuna that goes into cans isn't mercury concentrators.
@@obsidianjane4413really ? time to get a can 🤗🤤
@@obsidianjane4413 "Potential downsides. The two main concerns when it comes to tuna are mercury content and sustainability. There are also some potential downsides to canned tuna specifically, including fat and sodium content and the safety of the can itself."-Healthline Nov 6, 2020
@@thecptpiratemonkeyDon’t believe that. Canned tuna absolutely Is a mercury aggregator. Chunk light has less mercury than albacore, but canned tuna DOES have mercury in it
Now eliminate those other 100 sources of mercury from your food. Good luck.
The problem is he just gave us the numbers and it’s $2000 for 2000 pounds up from $1700. So the cost of tuna has gone up, roughly 3.5 cents per can yet they have doubled the prices and blame it on the cost of fish. It’s still a scam.
And just so many people who are saying that I’m not associating, fuel prices, and other costs, please be aware that when the canning companies purchase fish per pound, they don’t then get a separate bill for gas and handling. The price of the fish includes all associated costs. This is a scam.
I think you're forgetting a good amount of the cost. Is the processing, packaging and transportation.
yes fuel has doubled under Briben
Like everything else in this economy, they blame cost increases - which they have gone up across the board, but in almost every industry they have taken advantage of this excuse and overshot those costs with their new prices. When you look at the tuna markets profits, its a vertical line, and their projections into 2030 continue this same vertical growth. Keep in mind these are the "profit" graphs, not overall revenue.
@@TheDigitalThreat Take into consideration all the food stamps floating around. This has a big impact on cost because stores have a guaranteed 40-50% income there.
That's is the price they paid when the fish is in Thailand. To ship it over, that takes money. Not only that, the labor rates has gone up because the money value has gone down due to inflation. Most of the cost is in labor. Processing the tuna also requires energy and the plant needs electricity. Did you see the price of energy lately?
Even after the tuna is canned and shipped, the supermarkets need to transport it to the shelf and pay employees to stock the shelfs. Everything cost money. I'm surprised its as cheap as it is right now. If you had to do it yourself, that can of tuna would be around $100 a can.
I only eat sardines and anchovies, basically small fish when in I read about mercury content in fish in the 90s. Haven’t eaten any tuna since.
What drove me away from tuna was having to much in my diet that mercury and microplastics became a concern.
Regardless of cost or any reasons discussed in this video, it’s the extremely high MERCURY and heavy metal content that pushed me away.
I eat roughly a small can a week & think about this often.
also they probably have a high microplastic content
Same. I used to eat 1-2 times a week. Now maybe once a month.
Yes, yes.
No, it’s really not.
They dropped a can of tuna to about 5oz that's barely a sandwich. Can't make tuna salad for more than one person with that. The light tuna is like scraps in a can. The price is crazy.
I was a tuna fisherman before 1980. I still eat canned tuna but buy the most expensive can. The expensive can is near what canned tuna use to be. The 99¢/can tuna you fine in the grocery store, in my day, was sold as cat food. Tuna like almost all other ocean species is overfished. The migration patterns are changing because the Tuna are searching for the small fish they normally eat. But small fish like herring are overfished, too. They're probably less than 5% of their historic numbers. As they become harder to find industrial fishing fleets are catching Krill - small crustaceans eaten by small fish up to some whales. Up to 200,000 tons are caught yearly. So the whole ocean food chain is starving, scrounging for food.
The brands you think of as home brands are owned by foreign companies. The have no connection to America, UK, or other countries where they originated. They don't care if local fishermen or cannery workers have a job. Only profits. China alone probably has more fishing boats than the rest of the world combined. And they don't appear to have any standards or limits on the species or numbers of fish that can be caught. Chinese fish the open ocean around the world and off everyone's coast. They fish coastal waters where they can get away with it or their government can browbeat the locals. Most American West Coast salmon are caught in Asia. Salmon cross the North Pacific to Asia as part of their migration. Less than 10% of the salmon return. Many runs have fewer than 1% returning to spawn. It's all fixable, but we need to start with allowing the small species to expand their numbers. We want whales to come back. What will they eat?
99$???? A can of tuna????? Cat food???? Do YOU know how much a can of anything cat food costs????? Here is a revelation - way more than 99$
@@bambinaforever1402 99 cents. that is a cent symbol, you use 20 question marks and ended up adding so little. Their comment was insightful in many ways beyond the first sentence and what you think cat food costs.
I absolutely LOVE canned tuna
Ironic, but I have found many "house branded" canned tuna to be far superior to the nationals... The name brand ones more often are like opening a soggy mass of wet sawdust, with about as much flavor. Many also add soy to maximize $, and boy does it show. Only canned tuna I like are the Italian brands packed in olive oil and salt.
Rio Mare?
We maintain a stock of Costco's "Kirkland" brand of water packed, solid albacore tuna, and find it is a price competitive (with other tunas or fish or protein) sources. The quality (and taste) has been maintained over the fifteen years or so w have been buying it (or the equivalent, "cheap" albacore offering). I have always found tuna a bargain, from back in the 1960s (when I used really cheap oil-packed bonita) up till today. The "quality" problem today is that people's expectations are set by the seared ahi offered at better restaurants. Which is very good, if you like more-or-less raw fish, but is only so-so if cooked throguh.
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I only buy solid white albacore. Anything else is just tuna-flavored sawdust.
Why would you add soy to tuna? Wtf is wrong with Americans? Why must they destroy something healthy with yet more soy?
Not one mention of heavy metal contamination, even to debunk it. What's up with that?
It's not contaminated from the can or processing. The heavy metals are in the ocean and accumulate in top predators over their lifespan. It then accumulates in you and the more you eat the more youll have in your body. Eat young fish if you're worried about it.
because you cannot debunk it
The North Atlantic tuna, called in Spanish "Bonito del Norte" which is caught with a line, is a delicatessen. In Spain it is normal to find it either fresh, during the summer, or canned in olive oil. Spanish canned fish are of exceptional quality, from simple sardines in tomato sauce, pickled mussels or anchovies in olive oil.
When I was a child my aunt got us Spanish tuna from a trip she had to Spain. It looked very different as the can was way bigger than the typical cans we had in the Middle East or have here in North America, but I swear to God that I never ever had tuna that good in my whole life. I still remember how delicious it was 35 years after having it!
i know exactly what you mean, it's godly
As someone who lives in Portugal, I totally agree. Spanish tuna, sardines, mackerel and shellfish are all great. So are Portuguese brands, especially those from the Azores. Wouldn't touch the mutilated, cheap, industrial food from the USA with a bargepole and that is by no means limited to tuna.
It's a delicatessen? What the hell?
@@michaelweir995 theres canned tuna which is cheap-ish and bonito del norte is like super fancy, more expensive canned tuna (that usually comes in bigger chunks)
As a Bostonian i sometimes forget how good we have it for seafood. You can still get live fish and lobster at the docks in the seaport.
Yeah but you also get libtard Dem politicians. So there's that.
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We fell out of love because of price increases, and smaller portions. The cans are like half water now.
Japanese canned tuna by Hagoromo is delicious and tastes fresh (for canned tuna) and probably ranks as the best since it's bluefin or bonito, but it is pricey. Canned tuna from Spain (Ortiz) and Italy (Cento can be found anywhere in the US) are also top notch and like the Japanese brands they do not smell tinny or fishy just clean and savory. They call come in flake or chunks and the chunky ones are simply the best! You can eat these straight from the cans without seasoning or mayo even.
Cento is not italian
@@lore00starit’s a brand started in Italy, by an Italian, selling Italian products. How can it be LESS italian
Thank you for the info.
This is the info that people combing through comments section look for. Gold! So thank you.
Those Japanese animals are the reason why tuna will be extinct one day, including dolphins and whales.
A big thing for me was the quality of the canned tuna, it became catfood quality
I feed my cat very high quality food. I wouldn't give him human tuna.
Oh 😸
thats bad make sure theres no salt but its juat not healthy for cats
@@ihcuwign1707 i just meant it looks like cat food, dark and mushy rather than white solid chunks.
@@zyxw2000 thanks for lining my pockets, sucker
Here I am thinking to myself: " hmmm I haven't had some tuna salad/sandwich in a while" I guess that has to continue because if Americans are complaining about cost increase I prefer not to check where I live because it would be most likely 2-3x more for me.
ike many other foods , price and quality are horrible
I've been a professional piano tuna for 30 years and I still love it.
That post sounds fishy! 🐟
CUTE!
Rising prices and cutting production cost. And they wonder why their sales plummet..
Interestingly, I had a cat (which she's since passed away) that would eat most any brand of canned tuna EXCEPT Bumblebee. That right there made me avoid that brand. Of the canned tunas, I've found that Kirkland seems to be the best quality. I certainly will try the new brand that was mentioned in this video, though.
mercury? other contaminants ?
3:58 The Portuguese method Wild Planet ones?
@@rcud1 Animals has more acute sense to detect contaminants.
i think she read the Ingredients
Bumble Bee makes Kirkland tuna...
140g to 160g can of tuna is about $2.00 in my country, where the avg salary is $12K/year and the min salary per month is $600... A whole chicken is about $5.00. The math is not mathing and now has turned into a luxury rather than a must have.
Ever since the early 90s when they started releasing the dolphins caught in the nets the tuna doesn't taste as good as it used to. 😂
😂😁🤣
The whole story left out the high concentrations of mercury in tuna.
That the reason I cut my consumption. The told me to
The who told you???@@spyderdogg6248
Now that the Japanese released radioactive water into the Pacific ocean, the possibility of eating radioactive tuna is a real concern for me.
They said don't worry be happy, After you eat radioactive tuna you might glow in the dark and some hair might fall out but its almost safe to eat . ya like once every ten years.
What about heavy metals?
Like others, I stopped eating it mostly because of higher prices and lower quality. I've also been trying to cut down on my consumption of methylmercury.
This introduced me to a new brand that I'll try... I can't stand canned tuna because its overcooked... but the way Wild Planet it does it sounds delicious! I also appreciate their business practices of not participating in the ghost economy. It's available at Costco & Thrive Market from what I can see. I want to like tuna in a can because it's an easy source of high protein. I honestly rather pay more for good business ethics, sustainability, & transparency.
same here ... didn't realize there was such a different now I'm excited to try wild planet
I'm a big fan of wild planet
Wild Planet is the only brand of tuna I buy now. It's not cheap, but the quality is much better than the big brands. I always stock up when it's on sale at Costco (which isn't often).
@@bodaciouscowboySame here! Costco usually has a very fair price on it
It's not bad, just a tad pricier than other brands
I often buy can tuna to donate to different food pantries in my area.
I started buying pouched tuna. It's the only way to get tuna chunks again. Canned tuna is just mush with lots of water/oil now.
nah what you need is those wild planet sardines, so good and the fat content is just right, so healthy too
This.
Exactly this. I gave up tuna for sardiens 4 years back. Sardines is what everyone should be eating. It's also far more sustainable because they breed like crazy.
Shh don't reveal the secret! Now the discounts are gone!
Absolutely! Wild Planet tuna is great too.
I thought they would mention something about mercury levels in Tuna, now I'm intrigued to do my own research Lol.
stopped eating it about 10 years ago. Yes, the price was going up, but what really did it for me was the taste. Tried different name brands, but all were going down on quality of taste, so I switched over to eating more sliced turkey.
Try Wild Planet tuna. It's excellent.
Canned Tuna is no longer cheap. I used to eat Tuna-Melt Sandwich weekly but not any more. Its cost is rising dramatically during the last 10 years. Albacore, Tuna, and even sardine.
It's no reasons for them to be so expensive 29 cents,39 cents,49,59c to $3.00 dollars
You used to get chunk light tuna and it was cheap and then they doubled the price and sold loose scraps
Canned tuna in the average store is of bad quality. Last time Costco brought tuna from Italy based in olive oil and it was high quality. The cost was discounted at 8 cans for $5.
If it was Genova, it was bought by Thai Tuna years ago. Genova was better 20 years ago.
In the early 70s, changes in ocean temperatures drove the anchovy population further out from the South American coast. Too far for the fishing fleet to achieve. Europe had used fish meal extensively for cattle feed and had to substitute American grain, at the same time that Russia had a failed wheat crop. They showed up at the Chicago trading pits and bid that crop to the sky. Suddenly, the price of bread rose spectacularly in the US, all because the water got warmer offshore of Chile. We live in a world of interrelated consequences.
Probably had more to do with over fishing.
@@TGWazoo1 1973 it really was about the warming ocean and the migration of the schools of anchovies. We were in an El Nino cycle, warmer water had moved off the west coast. The anchovies followed the warmth, the game fish followed the anchovies and the later jump in fuel prices made the trawlers uneconomic at those distances. Serious over-fishing issues still lay in the future.
Flash, news flash you believe everything you read. The Markets are there to manipulate for profit
I wish more people understood how our world is interconnected .
We're living in Soylent Green times...
The crux of that movie was that all sea life was exhausted by 2019, and other sources of protein needed to be found to replace it... you know the rest.
Other things I've noticed:
Canned shrimp, the 1/4" type, is getting scarce and hard to find.
Dried (dehydrated) shrimp, usually from Mexican brands, has changed drastically.
Previously headless, tailless and about 3/4" to 1" was very common style to find, yet since around the mid 2010s it disappeared, and was replaced with full dehydrated shrimp (yuck).
And they're putting less product in the same size tins of sardines, herring and kipper.
I used to have to use a fork or other utensil to dislodge the kipper from its tin, now it practical falls out on its own, and there's more liquid in it than before too. A combination of oil and water.
For years the Japanese invaded Australia’s seas to steal $8.0Bn of tuna, and to think that we once defeated and occupied their country to civilise them. They’re still unable to stop their plunder.
plain canned tuna used to be like .50 a can and you got more. now the containers in everything contain less product and are double or more the price. used to get them regularly back in the early to late 2000's when prices and net weight were still good haven't got any in well over a decade now and that is why
Anyone whose mom made tuna noodle casserole growing up knows DAMN WELL why they don’t want tuna.
I'm sorry but I just loved tuna casserole on Friday nights!
🤣🤣
all casseroles are gross but tuna casserole sounds super nasty
Girl at work heated a tuna sandwich in the microwave immediately ran everyone out of the cafeteria
People who microwave fish in the lunchroom cafeteria don't have many friends...
🤣
🤮 Awful..
@invisible.fatman only if she didn't wash from the night before
I thought the video would talk also about the risk of consuming Mercury in albacore tuna. I stopped eating canned albacore tuna that has no transparency on how much Mercury is in the can. This video is only about cost.
I noticed ten years ago house brand (spartan) was at an obviously better quality than name brands.
I stopped because of high mercury content and when I found out "dolphin safe" is b.s. and there is no real monitoring or enforcement.
A tuna fish sandwich was my favorite lunch growing up. But I gave up tuna a few years ago because I was getting terrible hives after eating...perhaps due to mercury or histamine in the tuna. Switching brands did not make any difference.
Tuna everywhere are happy for your loss
Yeah I stopped eating tuna when I found out the mercury exposure from tuna builds up in your system for your entire life. Every time you eat tuna you add more mercury that never goes away.
30 years ago a can of solid white tuna consisted of one fairly large portion of fish with a few scraps.
It was delicious, now they are selling mush, while the sushi market consumes the bulk of the quality cuts.
Mayonnaise now has soy oil in it so, you're not missing much to pass on tuna sandwiches.
I went to buy canned tuna here in Canadastan and i was shocked to see the prices!!! Chicken is waaaay cheaper even with crazy inflation....I guess you can still get a reasonable price at costco??
Chinada I say
Chicken of the Sea tuna is really good in Kraft Mac & cheese
We eat a lot of tuna around here. We seldom run out.
The factory puts a “dolphin safe” label on the can but they bought the fish from a big boat they don’t own that apparently bought the fish from another boat so yeah sure.
I've been searching for some tuna-safe dolphin!
It really depends on the tuna. The chunk light tuna is typically from skipjack tunas, which do not typically associate with dolphins, making them dolphin safe (or at least really high likelihood).
@@jeremylow7757 Fascinating!... but I wish they'd stop calling it "chunk light," when (especially in contrast with the alternative) it'd be more accurately described as "flake dark." ;-)
yea it is dolphin safe my left nut
Now I’m craving tuna tostadas with peas mixed in and some lemon juice 😂
Oooh, good idea ! 👍👍🌹
I stopped buying canned tuna due to the watering down of the product. The last cans I purchased were basically soup. No mas.
IKR! I think they add more liquid so the can weighs the same. What do you think about Nature's Catch? 3x the cost but better product. Just don't think it's worth the cost.
I never tried that brand. But to be honest I have decided to do without tuna in my diet for health reasons now. I used to buy tuna for my cats as a treat Bumble Bee brand and could not help seeing the water content increase and yes, I believe as you stated, the extra water content was to make the can weight claim. I also noticed the Friskies cat food has also increased water as well. Such a turnoff.@@dwaynejones1555
Solid remains solid but "chunk" for a least one brand has become "flakes", which is the 3rd style and the cheapest.
natural catch is well worth the cost when you consider what it cost for the other garbage.@@dwaynejones1555
Buy the chunk not the flake stuff
The price went up. Lol. Its now almost $2 a can, and $3 for the solid Albacore.
I never ate it that much, but once in a while I get a hankering for a good tuna melt, so I'll buy a few cans and make one. I don't buy it frequently enough for price to really be a concern. I mean, it's not as cheap as it used to be, but it's still pretty cheap compared to other food items.
The texture of canned tuna makes my skin crawl…it’s like chewing on wet cotton balls. My mom used it fairly often when I was growing up, adding it to mac & cheese, along with frozen mixed veggies, for a cheap & easy dinner. And of course tuna sandwiches in my school lunch bag. But now as an adult, I haven’t eaten it in years. The texture really bothers me, along with how expensive it’s gotten.
I live for Tuna. Tuna that is swimming in mayonnaise. I am 61 years old and still awaiting my first heart attack.
No mention of mercury?
I watched the entire video and didnt learn why Americans fell out of love with canned tuna… until I read the comments. Apparently it was cost$$$
It’s an expensive luxury item that doesn’t taste like one.
Never knew tuna was such a complex and global industry. Thank you.
Affordability and lack of coupons now lol. I was killing it when I was young broke, after every gym session and while in the field in the military or deployments. Now with money, I avoid tuna because of their high ass pricing. I used to get 4 packs of starkist sun flower for $2 total. Now it’s almost 8 dollars
Their tuna is so watered-down and gushy that you can't even wring it out.
There are no chunks in the chunk light tuna, it's just a watery mush of small tuna bits.
Tuna can prices tripled where i live since 2020
screws up my gut. there aren't chunks anymore. it's like it's been blended. there are many reasons why i dont buy it.
Canned tuna tastes completely different now than it did 10+ years ago. I swear it's half mackerel or bait now. If I had the resources to do genetic testing on what's actually in those cans, I would.
I used to buy the 4 pack cans every time I went to the store. I haven't bought any in the past 2 years because it tastes bad now. It's both Starkist and CoS. I don't buy BumbleBee and I won't buy "luxury" brands like Wild Planet because buying frozen, whole fish allows me to know (visually and nasally) what it is I'm buying and the cost is almost the same.
I agree completely, you are right.
Yes, mackrel is super stank, cheap, and unwanted. Definitly believe the canned tuna is a BLEND of fish and fish parts.
When it comes from Thailand, it already doesnt look like food. It looks like dog food, dog food with mercury poisioning.
You can still get this stuff for a dollar a can in Canada
Canned tuna was 80 cents in late 2022 (november) now it is 1.20( feb 2024)
I buy a lot less canned tuna than I used to for one simple reason: the quality of basic canned chunk light tuna has plummeted, making it a complete waste of money, even at 75¢-$1 a can (looking right at you, Starkist, Chicken of the Sea, Bumblebee, and all the store brands).
I love canned tuna and I end up buying the really pricey brands because they are what Starkist used to be (by “used to” I mean the 1960’s-80’s). And because they are really pricey , I don’t buy nearly as much as I’d like to. I’d eat tuna every day and never tire of it if I could afford to.
"We had to raise pricing due to cost increases" says the company that made $204 million dollars instead of $248 million. We are still talking about massive massive profits while the consumer suffers
Meanwhile where I live right now, canned tuna culture is thriving. It’s dirt cheap and if you get tired of one flavor, there’s a dozen others that comes in different variety of cooking styles: tuna in variety of oil (olive oil, corn oil, soya oil) tuna in tomato sauce (Neapolitan style, San Marino style etc), you got Chinese style with five spices, another Chinese style with Szechuan style, (My favorite is Mapo Tofu style but Tuna). Another type is fried in oil and black beans. You got Japanese style that has ranks based on cut (Maguro, Otoro etc.) various Japanese style tunas with a variety of regional miso types or dashi stock. We even got Corned Tuna. We also got complete rice meals with tuna bits in can. It’s wild!
I love tuna with rice. Still my go to poor man food even though I make decent money.
Probably the higher prices, but for me it was about all the fear put out on high mercury levels and how we have to really limit the tuna we eat due to mercury poisoning.
I love tuna 🍣 too!
I watched this while eating vacuum bagged tuna. The flavors are pretty good. The calories are low, and the pricing is about $1.25 per package on the high end.
I only eat bag tuna now
Which brand?
All canned tuna today, other than albacore, is basically tuna dust and tastes awful. That wasn’t the case decades ago.
Strange how I used to love when my parents made tuna salad but I rarely make it myself
Just about anything tastes great when you could slack and not be the one to make it. 😂
You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish.
Tuna contains a lot of toxic mercury and other contaminants. The reason for that is that this is big predatory fish at the top of food chain. Tuna eats other carnivorous fish, and that way is concentrating mercury.
It is better to eat small fish like herring or salmon.
News to me . Tunafish is one of the four basic food groups, along
with pizza, bran flakes, and hamburgers.
chili and mac and cheese with me. i always have chili, it's my go-to food, but i can also make mac n cheese if im feeling like a fatty OR chili mac n cheese if im feeling like gordon ramsay
And ass
beans or no beans?@@MooseMeus
@@jessekendall4658 1/2 pound ground beef, large can of diced tomatoes, small can of black beans and don't wash them. half a pack of favorite chili seasoning(kroger) put everything in pan cook on low for like 4 hours.
Gross
And with this news, co-workers in lunch rooms worldwide are rejoicing!
Thai union group had revenue of 987.8 million and a profit margine of 3%, that 3% still comes out to 29,634,000 dollars a year.
How on earth is that a tight margin?
Most of their fish are illegally caught in neighboring Myanmar water. Just sayin'.
I worked for Ralston Purina Corp back in the late 70s snd early 80s when RP owned Chicken of the Sea. There were two major screw ups in that time at the canning facility in California where entire warehouses of canned tuna had to be destroyed because of lids leaking causing contamination. After what I seen I would never eat canned tuna. RP shortly thereafter sold Chicken of the Sea as a money pit.
I have no idea what you are talking about I eat a lot of canned tuna. And by how much shelf space it takes up at the store many others must buy it also or stores would not wast so much very valuable shelf space on it.
Fish is by far the best meat one can eat for their health and canned tuna is just way to convenient not to use. It requires no refrigeration you can store it for years and you can make things with it with no need to cook it.
I eat canned tuna daily at work because of the above reasons.