Home brand tuna

[Onlyparty]

Anyone tasted this?

Just opened a can for my AM feed and YUK YUK I felt like a prawn from district 9 eating cat food.

The tuna is all mushed up and really fine and does not taste like tuna

BLURGH never again

Annoyed cos I had to throw it out

[ezekiel67]

Stick to Sealord :nod:

[Beef]

when it comes to canned fish stay away from home brand. that stuff is vomit material :puke:

[Onlyparty]

when it comes to canned fish stay away from home brand. that stuff is vomit material :puke:

Yea ya not kidding there lol. Def sticking to sealord from now on, damn trying to get a bargain!

[Beef]

sealord is dear but you know you're getting quality as opposed to the shit that home brand gives you. on the other hand though i've found that home brand sardines are easier to stomach than some of the expensive brands. but yeah it's better to stick to sealord for tuna and john west for salmon

[Nik Antunovich]

Sealord Tuna and King Oscar Sardines my picks. Warehouse has some OK specials on Sealord Tuna now and again. The only reason I go there any more is for the Tuna, cheap Lynx and blank DVD's. Their bait catcher sabikis are cheap to.

[Chillicat]

Select tuna is fine as well. Tastes the same as Selord to me.

I just always make sure I get tuna chunks, not sandwich tuna, as that's the mushed up one and is vile.

[Beef]

you want to make sure you're eating skipjack tuna as opposed to yellowfin- skipjack has a lot less mercury in it :nod: sealord is skipjack, so is greenseas. not sure about homebrand though!

[Ronin]

I regularly have the homebrand sandwich tuna in brine. No way I could stomach the taste by itself, but if ya add plenty of chilli powder and grated sheese, then bung it in the nuking machine for 2min, it's tolerable. And a hell of a lot cheaper than Sealord. In fact I'm off to have one right now

[Beef]

I regularly have the homebrand sandwich tuna in brine. No way I could stomach the taste by itself, but if ya add plenty of chilli powder and grated sheese, then bung it in the nuking machine for 2min, it's tolerable. And a hell of a lot cheaper than Sealord. In fact I'm off to have one right now

haha good luck, careful not to :puke:

[Ronin]

Down the hatch, all gone, nom nom nom. Although I have to admit that I f*cked up, it's actually Pams not Home Brand. Still, I doubt there's much difference between the two.

[luv.me.oats]

I"ve never had a problem, Pams is ok too. It's reasonably quality, I prefer sealord too, lite chunky in springater but it's expensive

When it comes down to it, as long as I"m getting my protein in.

[Rookie]

Yeah I have to say the first time I tasted home brand I was lucky not to chuck up but still I have always been a sealord man and always will be, it was probably at the cheapest price I've ever seen- 5 85gm cans for $5 at pak n save..

The sealord lite in springwater is yellowfin so are you saying to avoid it or have it moderation Gymsta??

Cheers

[Beef]

Yeah I have to say the first time I tasted home brand I was lucky not to chuck up but still I have always been a sealord man and always will be, it was probably at the cheapest price I've ever seen- 5 85gm cans for $5 at pak n save..

The sealord lite in springwater is yellowfin so are you saying to avoid it or have it moderation Gymsta??

Cheers

it really depends how much tuna you're eating. yellowfin tend to have a lot more mercury in them than skipjack, so just as a precaution it's better to stick to skipjack if you can. if you're eating one or two cans per week its no big deal eating yellowfin, but if you're eating more than that then it's best to go for skipjack.

remember its more of a precaution than anything else, it's not like you're going to drop dead after you eat a can of yellowfin

if you want to read more just google mercury in tuna, there's heaps of shit out there

[Gym rat]

I have used the home brand tuna before and my thoughts overall on the home brand tuna I thought it taste like ass and I use the pams tuna in brine which is cheaper to buy plus it taste nice

[Chemo]

Signature range = aaaallll goood

[haakuturi]

What about ChopChop Tuna? I mix it up between ChopChop Tuna & Chicken

[severe]

I made the Homebrand error only once. Must be the floor scrapings. The cat was the only one to enjoy it.

I do get the Pams stuff from Pac n Save, and that is acceptable.

[Beef]

What about ChopChop Tuna? I mix it up between ChopChop Tuna & Chicken

chop chop tuna + chop chop chicken= same thing!! i swear the chicken tastes like tuna :puke: :puke:

chop chop tuna is expensive too

[haakuturi]

so SeaLord is the better brand to look at for tuna?

*takes notes*

[Beef]

i can't find prices on the net but im pretty sure you'll find that sealord is cheaper than chop chop. correct me if im wrong

[monsoonn]

i reckon budget is worse.... last time i had it it put me of tuna for 3 months... :banging:

[Pseudonym]

I just tried Woolworths' Signature Range flavoured tuna. It's unbelievably salty. The Tomato and Basil is almost inedible, and I've yet to find a piece of tomato in there.

[Beef]

I just tried Woolworths' Signature Range flavoured tuna. It's unbelievably salty. The Tomato and Basil is almost inedible, and I've yet to find a piece of tomato in there.

yeah i've tried this too, probably worth avoiding. it amazes me how much the taste differs between brands- you'd think tuna is tuna, but they all have their own unique taste :nod:

[kooza]

I've just been reading up on Mercury in Tuna as I eat a s**t load of it. Not really sure what to think of it to be honest. I guess it's best to err on the side of caution though. By the way Sealord is made from either Skipjack OR Yellow-fin http://www.sealord.biz/faq.asp?id=147

Greenseas appears to be Skipjack only and is not bad, New World have been selling it for $1.99, not sure if that special is still going or not though.

There is also a table here which shows low and high risk fish, strange that there is no data available for Yellow-fin http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/consumers/chem ... /index.htm

I know it's meant for pregnant women only but if you are eating 1-2 cans a day you should probably take notice. Apparently canned Tuna is less than a year old so mercury levels are generally low. Must do wonders for the Tuna stocks though!

It's a shame because Tuna is probably the easiest way to get protein, apart from a shake of course.