Canned Tuna Without Soy

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Quick peep while at the supermarket shows that on average any tuna in a gold can (Bumble Bee "Tonnio" or Star Kist "Select") does not contain soy. Well their labels read "fish,salt,water or oil...).

It seems that perhaps the better parts of the tuna are used for the TOL product and the leavings go into MOL and BOL product which is then stretched by adding soy and it seems also broth for flavour and filler. Oh at least in the case of soy it also ups the protein content a bit.
 
"Oh Great
"One more label to read while shopping."

Don't I know that feeling! I especially "love" the "fun" of comparing several labels to try and figure out what is the less of evils. I'm tending to cook more now from scratch. There are a number of reasons for this, but one reason is to avoid ingredients that I don't want.

I miss the days when the only two issues I worried about were my budget and what looked good. Now I worry about health issues--both short term and long term--and, sometimes, ethical issues.
 
food sensitivities

I'm dairy free. Wifey is gluten, soy, dairy, egg, fowl, citrus, and other things free.

There is never a time I don't read labels carefully. But you know something?

I think it is healthier that way.

A PITA? Yes. Better for me ? Yes. It's worth it to me :)
 
Personally

Much as one does love the odd tuna sammich, that fish contains so much mercury that it's really not safe to have often. Sad really as they make great and quick "soup and sandwhich" dinners for Friday night during Lent. Oh and it doesn't stink up the house until Sunday at least as well.

L.
 
I was under the impression that "solid white albacore in water" had no added soy and the lowest mercury. If my impression is wrong, I'm not sure I want to know. I like a tuna sand for a simple and lowfat/lowcal dinner. And no leftovers, I eat the whole can at once.
 
After reading this thread, I went to the pantry and looked at the label of the Aldi's brand tuna I've been buying (Sea Net Chunk Light Tuna In Water) to see if soy or vegetable broth were two of the ingredients. Sure enough, both were listed.

Not being allergic to soy, I'll finish the remaining 8 cans I have and hunt down another brand that is more tuna than anything else and forgo the soy and vegetable broth fillers.

Quite a few years back, a friend of mine who was on a health kick and doing a macrobiotic diet gave me some cans of tuna that was absolutely DELICIOUS! I have no idea what the brand was, but I do remember it had very little water in it (if any) and was extremely chunky. However, I know he paid top dollar for it, as he bought it at a health food store.

Tuna Guys does have a website (link will be below), but as far as finding it in Missouri stores, it's not available (a call to the company answered that question). In checking to see how much it would cost to have some sent to my address, a 24 can case (including shipping) would be $108.95

 
Kind of Ashame...

That you just can't go to the Super Market like we used to and just buy food.  Everything now needs to be read, poked prodded, tested, sniffed, etc.

 

The Trust for Assuring Pure, Safe Products is Gone.  Says an awful lot about the USDA, and all the "Other" "Safety" inspections for Wholesomeness, Safety, and Quality.

 

I seem to be buying more and more off the Internet.  Nutritional Supplements, Laundry and DishMachine Powders, De Boles Pasta, Odds and Ends and now TUNA !!!

 

Good Lord !!! (Sigh)
 
Agreed.

I agree, but some of it is 'what is considered safe or not?'

*I* think overconsumption of soy is bad, but soy is on the "GRAS" list (Generally Recognized as Safe).

I do believe that most of what governmental stuff is being done as part of the oversight process is so diluted as to be almost ineffective. And it isn't an R or a D thing; the food pyramid came out during Clinton's first term, and revised during Bush's second. Both are WAY too heavily slanted toward grains, mostly because they're cheap and subsidized. IN MY OPINION and I am not a nutritionist, 'food pyramids' should concentrate most on leafy veg, fruit, and protein sources with grain being secondary. There's an under-emphasis on fats, too.

Maybe the biggest issue is over use of one thing or another, coupled with over complexity. Example: while I'm NOT anti-GMO as such, I do believe that inserting the genes from other species of plant into one plant can have terrible side effects because over consumption of one thing, or over tailoring of an organism, can lead to food allergies and sensitivities in the people who eat it, as well as causing a loss of biodiversity.

Having blathered as much as I have; I've reached the point where I believe any type of governmental advice must be taken with eyes open. While reading a cereal box, for example, it says 'If you cannot have milk, choose a lactose free alternative.' Supposedly US gov dietary advice. Well, isn't that special? It doesn't help me, who has an allergy to whey!
 
Good News!

Looked at the label on Kirkland Tuna from Costco and its ingredients are White Tuna, water, salt, pyrophosphate added.

After years of substituting soy texturized vegetable protien for meat, I developed an allergy to soy so I have to look at everything. I can't buy most bakery products because of soy. Same for candy, not that I eat much of that. The pisser of the year was that the sugarless lemonade that I had liked for years now contains soy. Who would have thought soy would be in that? Enough people have food allergies that I don't have to explain so that is less than some kids with allergies have to go through and it's late in life for me so it's not as bad as a cousin who developed a wheat allergy decades ago and had the world's best baker for a mom.
 
Costco Tuna Is From Bumble Bee!

Will see if one still has the site bookmarked, but you can search the Internet for the story.

Awhile back the powers that be at Costco found much wanting with canned tuna being offered today and wanted something more closely resembling the stuff of old. So using their buying power the store worked with Bumble Bee to come up with the Kirkland brand of canned tuna.
 
Costco Tuna

Well, Thank God it has Pyrophophate in it. Whew !!!  I have had Kirkland and it is good.  But looks like I'll get a case from the Tuna Brothers or whatever.

 

I think I would colapse if there wasn't some type of preservative in there.

 

Wanna get really scared ? Read about Our Dear Friend Monsanto GM Soy. All of Monsanto's FrankenSeeds are all Round Up Ready.

 

Oooops. I'll shut up now. That discussion needs it's own Forum.
 
Ugh!

My trip through ShopRite today left me with (literally) a bad taste in my mouth. After hearing the admonition "Sorry, Charlie" for most of my life, I was disgusted to see what's passing for funa tish these days.

We in northern NJ are fortunate to have a small-scale supermarket chain called "Corrado's" which stocks hard-to-find and Italian fare. I'm sure I'll find pure canned fish there next visit. I hope.

My most memorable moment at Corrado's in Clifton was a visit with my sister to their on-site bakery. She asked the young counter girl: "What kind of cake is that?" indicating a layer cake. The girl said sweetly, "Birthday cake!" Charmed, my sister bought it. It was cannoli cake! Out of this world. Sometimes "hidden" things can be a pleasant surprise.

-Charlie-
 
OK I actually got up and read my tuna can (solid white albacore in water) and yes, vegetable broth and soy. Dam. Lemonade? Double dam.

What next? Antifreeze in toothpaste? (Oh right, that's been done.)
 
Another Quick Check

Seems the Italians do things right!

Cento tuna in the yellow labled cans read: "tuna, olive oil.." no soy and no broth.

There was another brand of tuna but didn't spy brand name but remember it was Italian and instead of tin cans the tuna is packed in glass jars. IIRC label read something along the lines of "tuna filets in olive oil".

So there you are, several new sources of soy free tuna in this thread so far.
 

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