Premium Canned Tuna

This Spanish import’s “tender” yet “firm” fillets garnered raves from tasters, who enjoyed its “rich” “fresh,” “intensely tuna-y” flavor so much that it was deemed good enough to eat “as-is without any accoutrements.”

At one-quarter the price of our favorite ventrestca tuna, this yellowfin sample was a relative bargain—but no slouch. Its “large, dark pink flakes” were “firm-fleshed” yet “very moist and tender,” with “assertive,” “briny” flavor that tasted “like the sea.” A perfect addition to any appetizer platter, according to one taster.

Impressed by this sample’s “great meatiness,” “richness,” and “concentrated,” “pronounced flavor,” tasters likened this tuna to “dark-meat chicken.” To most, the “nice big flakes” offered “good chew,” though a few tasters found them slightly “dry.”

At a whopping $4.72 per ounce, this was the most expensive sample we tried—and it made a convert of one self-proclaimed canned tuna–hater, who declared, “This stuff is fantastic!” The “moist,” “supple” chunks were so large that they dwarfed one taster’s fork, and were “tender” enough to “melt in your mouth,” though a few tasters found their flavor “way fishy.”

Most tasters found this tuna’s “firm,” “toothsome” flakes “appealing” and praised its “richness,” “assertive tuna flavor,” and “lemony finish.” However, there were more than a few comments that the fish was distractingly “salty.”

These “firm tan-pink rectangles” were “salty and a little dry”— almost “cured,” according to a few tasters—with a texture that some tasters deemed no better than “generic canned tuna.” Still, others found the chunks  pleasantly “firm” with a flavor that was “sweet, meaty, and rich.”