Canned Tuna At Makro Cheaper?

[Mapguy]

OK - have to answer my own question, using the article thoughtfully provided by scotinsiam: the mercury comes primarily from coal burning power plants. Coal apparently contains mercury, which goes up in smoke, and comes down in rain.

What I really want to know - will beer act as a solvent for mercury, and wash it out?

Wouldn't think Tuna drink beer ! LOL.

Huh ??!!

[KRS1]

OK - have to answer my own question, using the article thoughtfully provided by scotinsiam: the mercury comes primarily from coal burning power plants. Coal apparently contains mercury, which goes up in smoke, and comes down in rain.

What I really want to know - will beer act as a solvent for mercury, and wash it out?

Wouldn't think Tuna drink beer ! LOL.

I here whiskey does a better job !

[ignis]

Going on a daytime tuna diet......., why would the OP need little cans ?

Makro have the large catering tins, works out a lot cheaper...

There again if you only want little easy 1 meal at a time cans, it is hard to say as all Supermarkets have promotions from time to time, buy 50 or more when on special offer.

How long are you going on a daytime tuna diet ? The small cans I bought last week have a sell by date of December 2015........ maybe Makro sell small cans by the box ?

[KRS1]

Going on a daytime tuna diet......., why would the OP need little cans ?

Makro have the large catering tins, works out a lot cheaper...

There again if you only want little easy 1 meal at a time cans, it is hard to say as all Supermarkets have promotions from time to time, buy 50 or more when on special offer.

How long are you going on a daytime tuna diet ? The small cans I bought last week have a sell by date of December 2015........ maybe Makro sell small cans by the box ?

Until i lose this gut, and its starting to work...

[ripstanley]

The mini Tescos are 44...will have to check out the big branches.

Bought a pack of 4 tins today 160 baht. That equals 40 Baht per tin. This was in Phayao large store.

[KRS1]

^brand?

[ripstanley]

^brand?

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[OldChinaHam]

Ulysses G., on 06 Jun 2013 - 18:43, said:

KRS1, on 06 Jun 2013 - 16:03, said:

Why are mackerel and sardines safer than tuna? Dont they both come out of the ocean?

Sardines are usually very young and have not had time to absorb much mercury. They are also very cheap and have a lot of calcium because you eat the soft bones. Unfortunately - to me - they taste like crap, so I have to force myself to eat them.

Mackerel and salmon taste much better, but are not cheap. I do like tuna from a can, but the mayonnaise does not help one lose weight and I find it very boring without it. Fresh tuna is good, but somewhat expensive compared to the canned stuff.

I love sardines. But I have not seen any selling in Thailand. There is a type of canned fish which is labeled 'sardine', but it is not the small fish that you describe, it is quite large, about 4 to 5 inches in length. This same fish is sold in Taiwan and Thailand, canned and called sardine. If I could find the real sardine, which is a sort of herring, then I would gladly buy a few dozen cans. If you find sardines, I would imagine they will be packaged in the UK or somewhere, and then imported with a hefty duty. Probably they are too expensive here to be worth it.

Regarding the original question, by OP above, buy the Sealect brand in Spring Water tuna sold at Makro in CM for about 40Baht per can or something. The cans are packed 4 cans to a roll held together in a plastic sleeve. This tuna is very good quality and real cheap compared to what you might pay in the US or in the UK I would bet.

This is a very good product which is also exported to Taiwan under a different brand name.

You do not need to be concerned about the mercury content because this is actually yellow tail tuna, or some small variety which does not have time to store up a lot of heavy metals.

Or rather it does not feed off of a lot of other fish, like the bluefin tuna, accumulating heavy metals.

[Ulysses G.]

There are 17 types of fish that are called sardines and they can be up to 6 inches long. I have tried expensive, imported sardines, but, to me, they were just as bad tasting as the local ones and 5 times the cost.

[Spoonman]

Sardines AKA pilchards, we use em for bait on OZ to catch real fish.

[KRS1]

Today at Tops Kad Suan Kaew I found Nautilus Lite tuna in vegetable oil for 37 baht a can.

Surprised

[metisdead]

An inflammatory troll post has been removed.

[ignis]

Today at Tops Kad Suan Kaew I found Nautilus Lite tuna in vegetable oil for 37 baht a can.

Surprised

25 baht 50 a can

Yesterday evening at Makro 4 can pack Tuna chunks 102 baht in vegetable oil.......... 116 in brine, 120 baht in spring water which I bought, so even in spring water is 30 baht.. so answer is a lot cheaper in Marko

[canman]

Some interesting info here: http://www.edf.org/oceans/mercury-alert-canned-tuna-safe-eat

Canned light — the safer choice (0.12 parts per million of mercury). Children up to age six can eat it up to three 3-ounce portions per month. Older children and adults can safely eat it once a week. But products labeled “gourmet” or “tonno” may contain mercury levels comparable to canned white, since they are made with bigger yellowfin tuna. Therefore, watch out for this label and eat it less often.