First Choice Tuna In Vegetable Oil

1157 days ago

Well, had some free time finally to do yet another canned tuna review. This time, it is the First Choice Tuna in Vegetable Oil. If I am not wrong, the brand...

Well, had some free time finally to do yet another canned tuna review. This time, it is the First Choice Tuna in Vegetable Oil. If I am not wrong, the brand First Choice is by Cold Storage which is also under the same group controlling Shop N Save. Yup, this is the housebrand the government is talking about everyday. What is surprising is that the First Choice brand of canned tuna isn’t exactly the cheapest canned tuna you can find out there. There are quite a number of brands which offer cheaper alternatives to this “housebrand“.  So, make sure you know what you are getting at before you pick the housebrands. Furthermore, the quality of housebrands might not be as good as other brands. In my opinion, the most trusted brand for canned tuna is actual “Heinz”. I have tried several of the tuna and they taste great but of course, the prices are at the higher range. What they say is true, if you want good quality, you have to pay for it.

Anyway, let’s get the review started.

The First Choice Tuna in Vegetable Oil. Nothing too fancy, it is just tuna in cheap vegetable oil. Unlike most other canned tuna which comes with the more expensive (and healthier) olive oil. Hey, you are eating tuna because of the Omega 3 fatty acids which is supposed to help your heart, right?  Makes no sense to have the tuna soaked in vegetable if that is the case. Of course, I am not saying that vegetable oil is bad for your heart, but at least oilve oil also helps your heart.

185g of tuna! Hooray!

Check out the ingredient list. It consists of yellowfin tuna, soybean oil, water and salt. That’s it! Good for us. I really hate eating tuna with too much additives. Feels like I am eating something else. And oh, sorry about the overexposed picture to the right. Anyway, I didn’t know that Soybean Oil can be considered as Vegetable oil.

Nothing impressive. This one comes with some saturated fat, which is surprising. And it still have quite a large amount of sodium in it.  I was hoping for a more healthier product than that actually. I am sure that a lot of consumers have came to realize that eating tuna provides a ton of health benefits, so they should make their product even healthier in order to compete. Apparently, First Choice (and Cold Storage) don’t seem to care on bit. It is no wonder that most people don’t even know that First Choice has a housebrand for canned tuna.

And how much Omega 3 fatty acids is in this can? This is very important. It seems that only Ayam Brand labels the amount of Omega 3 fatty acids in their products.

Tons of useless information.

Yup, it does come with some instructions on how to open the can.

Well, this is the end of the review. I know that reviewing canned tuna is pretty boring, but reviewing this First Choice canned Tuna is probably the most boring one yet! I nearly fell asleep writing this review. lol!