John West Tuna!

Valli

You need to contact Trading Standards; they are they people to whom you should complain.

I'm assuming you have a calibrated set of scales there;)

unholyangel

Nauwol wrote: »

Bought John West Tuna Chunks in Brine, 160g e, 112g drained weight. Opened the can, drained the contents with a bit of a squeeze in the tin.



To my amazement (and anger, to be honest), the contents were NO MORE THAN 77g!!!!



So I though, o.k., maybe JW define the process of draining (i.e. removing the added brine from the product) differently. Upon closer inspection of the can, however, the nutritional values for protein provided for the "drained can" definitely are based on 112g of high quality tuna and not a mixture of 77g of tuna and 35g of brine!


Am I the only one coming this result?





Could it be that by stretching the definition of what is described as "drained", JW are trying to stretch their profit margin at the expense of the unsuspecting consumer? We are not talking about "an acceptable margin of error" here, we are talking about a difference of over 30%!




Now, either there is a problem with JW definition of draining, or with claims regarding the nutritional value of the product - either way I feel cheated!



I have been seeing a lot of special offers on John West Tuna in the supermarkets of recent. Has that been funded by taking tuna out and making weight be replacing it by water? Is there a next food scandal on its way?


Does anyone have experience with things like this. To who's attention must I bring this?


Can someone in the MSE community validate my findings?

Are you asking us if theres something fishy going on?

Yeah I know, I'm sorry but I couldnt resist.

sillygoose

Get it in Lidl cheaper and no Dolphin chunks.. well hardly any.. don't like tinned tuna myself but I think about 45p for 185g

"The blue Logo on the Lidl tuna tins represents a commitment to protect dolphins during tuna fishing. The Earth Island Institute has being certifying Lidl tuna tins for more than 10 years and works to promote dolphin friendly fishing."

meer53

sillygoose wrote: »

Get it in Lidl cheaper and no Dolphin chunks.. well hardly any.. don't like tinned tuna myself but I think about 45p for 185g

"The blue Logo on the Lidl tuna tins represents a commitment to protect dolphins during tuna fishing. The Earth Island Institute has being certifying Lidl tuna tins for more than 10 years and works to promote dolphin friendly fishing."

What does that mean ?

Surely you don't think that there is Dolphin in tins of tuna ?

eyelinerprincess

I think it was a joke.

stephen77

Nauwol wrote: »

Bought John West Tuna Chunks in Brine, 160g e, 112g drained weight. Opened the can, drained the contents with a bit of a squeeze in the tin.



To my amazement (and anger, to be honest), the contents were NO MORE THAN 77g!!!!



So I though, o.k., maybe JW define the process of draining (i.e. removing the added brine from the product) differently. Upon closer inspection of the can, however, the nutritional values for protein provided for the "drained can" definitely are based on 112g of high quality tuna and not a mixture of 77g of tuna and 35g of brine!


Am I the only one coming this result?





Could it be that by stretching the definition of what is described as "drained", JW are trying to stretch their profit margin at the expense of the unsuspecting consumer? We are not talking about "an acceptable margin of error" here, we are talking about a difference of over 30%!






Does anyone have experience with things like this. To who's attention must I bring this?


Can someone in the MSE community validate my findings?

what was the total weight of contents inside the can?

sillygoose

meer53 wrote: »

What does that mean ?

Surely you don't think that there is Dolphin in tins of tuna ?

Who knows? no one says they are not edible too... (taste like Chicken I hear)

Apparently Lidl notify them of their intention to fish there and pay for the dolphins to take a vacation, somewhere with a nice water park. Any that can't read and don't go are fair game and end up in the net/canning machine along with the Tuna.

You can't be too soft on Dolphins, Tuna have feelings, families, aspirations too, they just can't master the cute squeaky sound so no one loves them. Shame.

nearlyrich

I hate tinned tuna it just tastes of the tin to me...

meer53

sillygoose wrote: »

Who knows? no one says they are not edible too... (taste like Chicken I hear)

Apparently Lidl notify them of their intention to fish there and pay for the dolphins to take a vacation, somewhere with a nice water park. Any that can't read and don't go are fair game and end up in the net/canning machine along with the Tuna.

You can't be too soft on Dolphins, Tuna have feelings, families, aspirations too, they just can't master the cute squeaky sound so no one loves them. Shame.

I've met some of those dolphins in the water parks, they're very stuck up. They obviously don't care about their mates who can't read. I love Tuna, with salad in a sarnie, or in a nice sauce with some pasta.

sillygoose

meer53 wrote: »

I've met some of those dolphins in the water parks, they're very stuck up. They obviously don't care about their mates who can't read. I love Tuna, with salad in a sarnie, or in a nice sauce with some pasta.

Don't you hate a show off dolphin? all that jumping through the rubber rings on the lazy river.

I prefer Tuna steaks, Aldi ones marinated in soy sauce and ginger and seared in a red hot griddle pan.