Have you ever read the back of a can of tuna?

I never read the back no. I have never eaten a can of tuna all by its self though either. I usually add mayo to it and eat half the can on a sandwich. mm i think i may do that ina minute now. Everytime someoen says somethign about food i want it. That does seem like a lot of salt.. I think they use that to preserve it dont they? Most foods in a can and stuff that you dont need to refriderate has a LOT of sodium.. recently i found out even KETCUP, yes KETCHUP is pretty darn bad for you!! wow. i was totally unware.

Interesting question. I just did a search and apparently it has to do with the fish being rapidly chilled and frozen in brine. It was once thought that if frozen and then put into brine that it wouldn't absorb more of the salt, but that's since been disproven. Even after frozen, the fish can still absorb more of the salt.

Now you got me going. I have a can of salmon somewhere but can not find it right now to check it out. I don't eat many canned things but apart from the salmon I have a can of Campbell's tomato soup which I use as a base for some dishes and a can of pitted black olives imported from Spain. The Campbell's tomato soup, a small 10 ounce can has 27% sodium listed. I am totally chocked, that is nearly one third of the can filled with salt. 33% would be a third. The can of olives, 12 oz lists only 9% of salt. What an eye opener. Next time I buy tomato soup I will check the labels. Thank you for helping me open my eyes.

Never looked. Hmmm, will have to pay attention more. See, another family member buys cans of that to give our cats that sometimes as they like it a lot. (Of course, we try to be as healthy as possible for our cats), and feed them 3 meals a day, all different things usually dry, pouch, and canned food. But tuna cans they always like a lot. I didn' tknow about added salt? I will have to check. Cats mean so much to me, so they must have healthy diets. We buy the natural cat foods.

It is rather high in sodium. Anything that comes from the sea would be higher. Tuna contains omega 3 which is good for you in moderation. They are now saying that it will help ease joint pain for those who suffer with arthritis. The foods we consume have their good points and bad points. The key is moderation.

No I have not and by looking at the sodium from you, I guess it is pretty bad then but I still like it.

I started reading all food labels a couple of years ago. Up until then, I thought I was a pretty healthy eater. You'd be shocked..the amount of salt, sugar and artificial/processed junk in everything. I avoid hydrogenated fats, white sugar, corn syrup, enriched (white) flour...it can be hard. They put sugar and/or corn syrup in canned tomatoes/veggies, dressings, most breads, soups, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, juice and lots of beverages, peanut butter, condiments...it's endless

We do not eat much tuna, here it is Salmon, but I do read the labels when we are shopping (trying to get my husband to buy tuna, but he is not much of a fish person, but he will tolerate salmon.) and I usually see that they have lots of sodium. In fact, I try to get products with low sodium and when we buy salmon, it is the water packed rather than the oil packed type. It does seem like a lot of sodium. No wonder we are getting fat. All that salt is bad for you.

Your discussion reminds me of the time I was asked to take a tuna survey. There were about four or five different brand names of tuna on the counter. The women wanted to know which brands I bought and then which brand I like the best. Then she asked why do you like this one the best? I said will I like how it looks when I open it. She said why? I said I don't know I guess I just like to see the flakes of the tuna like that. She said, "oh so you think your eating tuna do you"? My eyes grew big and I said yah why wouldn't I? It's tuna right? I think of this everytime I eat tuna now. I keep meaning to read every label of tuna there is but I have not. Gee maybe chicken of the sea really is chicken after all?

Unfortunately, most processed foods are packed full of salt (sodium)..especially canned foods. Salt has always been used as a natural preservative. I seldom get any canned foods but do get tuna...not only do I drain the water or oil but "rinse" it off in a colander ...hopefully that washes off some of the sodium off.

I have never really paid attention to the back of a tuna can. I get entirely too much sodium into my diet on a regular basis, so 10% does not really phase me that much,

I have never read the back of a tuna can but I have always heard that canned tuna is not good for you I can see why. You have to eat fresch tuna but it looks gross I don't think I could eat it like that.

You make me realize that I have beenbuying tuna without readingthe back. just for the protein thats a lot of sodium and if you add mayo to it for a salad you will be in sodium overload and if you have high blood pressure as I do you will be in trouble. I just used some soy sauce the other day with out label reading and it was so salty it made my lips hurt. I had a doctors appt next day and the first words out of her mouth were Mrs. Hatley do you know your blood pressure is much too high? then she gave me a prescription for another blood pressure med and told me to read labels conscientously. so I am now very careful and if I use soy sauce I get that that is lower sodium. as for soups they are outrageous unless you get the lowere sodium kind.

i just used some soy sauce the other day with out label reading and it was so salty it made my hurt.so i have never eater a can of tuna all by its self though either .i usually add mayo to it and eat half the can on a sandwich .i think i may do that ina minute now.i just for the protein thats a lot of sodium and if u add mayo to it for a salad u will be in sodium overload and if u have high blood pressure as i do u will be in trouble.

that is awful high, especially considering they list 2.5 servings per can - it is nothing for us to eat a can per person if we are not adding it to a dish or making a salad with it. personally I like to have a tuna sandwich with just a thin spread of mayo on my bread rather than making a salad - as this way I can more taste the tuna itself. I imagine then that the canned mackerel and salmon are likewise high in sodium content.

That does seem like alot. I have never read the back and I can say it never tastes salty to me. I love tuna. But I have recently been buying it in the vacumn packs...it just seems fresher!

Good point you bring up here! I have never taken the time to read the back of the tuna can- but i will from now on- I wonder if the new pouches would be any less sodium- I'll have to do a little more research into this and get back to you on it my friend :) Thanks again for bring it to my attention! :)