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Tuna in olive oil vs brine vs sunflower oil vs spring water

  • 19-10-2016 10:04pm
    #1
    nails1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 495 ✭✭


    Hello, I've noticed a lot of 'tuna in olive oil' products appearing in shops lately. I've been finding it difficult to see how these compare to traditional tuna in brine/sunflower oil/spring water. Which one would you consider to be the healthiest or least healthy? Thanks


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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    The tuna is the same in each of them.
    The ones in oilive/sunflower will have slight more calories than water/brine due to a teaspoon of oil. The brine will have slightly more sodium.
    That doesn't make more or less healthy than another. It all depends on your overall diet and goals.


  • #3
    Clampdown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭Clampdown


    Extra Virgin Olive oil is high in calories but has a host of health benefits including reducing risk of cancer, heart disease, reducing inflammation and being good for the colon.


  • #4
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Tesco have values on 3 similar looking tins. The drained weight calories on the oil one are almost double.

    I would have guessed this was down solely to the oil but also notice there is more protein in the drained weight too.

    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=283723466
    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=283715919
    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=283723368

    I expect the tuna in water takes on more water, just like a roasted to death dry chicken fillet will have more protein per gram than a poached chicken fillet. So it seems more actual fish went into make the oiled can. YOu can see this on packs of ham, it might say 110g of pork was used to make 100g of this product, while the cheapo watery hams usually hide the fact its jammed with water.


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