Customer Reviews

Bar Harbor All Natural Chopped Clams, 6.5-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)

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Found these at a local Trucchi's supermarket, but they don't always carry them. Snow's clams are the worst, mushy and tasteless. Atlantic clams are not bad and around here go for $1.50 a can. These cost me $2.99 locally when I can find them and they're worth the extra money. It's cheaper on Amazon though especially since I have Amazon Prime and get free shipping. Starting to do more and more food shopping on Amazon now that we signed up for Prime.

Open a can of BarHarbor and just smell the juice. You'd swear they just came out of the ocean...by far the best tasting clams I've ever had. Tastes and smells like they were just harvested. We have spaghetti and clam sauce one a week...my favorite meal. Olive oil, garlic, fresh basil, red pepper, parsley, little butter, salt. Yummy!!!

These clams are the best canned clams that I have found. Most canned clams don't really taste like clams to me but these are appetizing looking and taste great. I used them in a linguini with white clam sauce recipe and it was yummy!!

Wanted to help out on the comparison with this relatively expensive brand of canned chopped clams and Snow's, a brand easy to find in supermarkets where I've lived.

The textures are very different. Snow's has additives to retain some semblance of fresh clam's springiness; being "natural," Bar Harbor's are somewhat rough/chalky, but not so much to be unpleasant (I've tried both cooked briefly--under a minute--for clam sauce with pasta). Interesting also that Snow's has added sugar, probably a small amount. I find both delicious, with the flavor of Snow's clams a little "louder," a plus for Snow's.

Some other relevant considerations. A can of Bar Harbor clams has 150 calories and 8g of protein, whereas a clam of Snow's has 75 calories and 4g of protein. To me, this is a plus for Bar Harbor--seems to mean more food in the can (I always eat a whole can, which is supposed to be 3 servings for both). On the other hand, while I've never opened two cans side-by-side, I haven't noticed a striking difference in the volume of the meat. Also striking that a Bar Harbor can has 150% daily value of iron, compared to only 6% for Snow's! So something about the Snow's processing seems to be draining nutritional value. Snow's has slightly more salt, too.

OK, I think these are some good considerations for the buyer! Myself, I'll probably buy Snow's regularly just for its cheaper price, and occasionally upgrade to Bar Harbor whenever I feel I need to eat more iron. Bon appetit!

Before you plunk down your $$$, I suggest you shake the container; you'll hear a lot of sloshing--that's the itsy, bitsy clam pieces in the great gray sea. For a Bar Harbor All Natural Chopped Clams, 6.5-ounce can, I measured 2 ounces clams, 4.5 ounces liquid. I close with, "Where's the clam?"

Bar Harbor All Natural Chopped Clams, 6.5-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
If you really want to treat yourself to the top shelf of chopped clams this ones it. Far better than the run of the mill clams you buy in the regular grocery store. A little pricey but worth it.

After trying most of the other canned clams, this is the best of the bunch. The clams have more flavor than most others.

I just received these clams (and I use the term loosely) First of all they are not chopped, they are minced. Second, they have no taste at all. I use chopped clams alot but I will not buy these again. My cat won't even eat them, Stick with Snows chopped clams. You get what you pay for. YUCK!!!

Took some getting- use to without the preservatives of a life time....now that I have, love the wonderful clean taste of the clams ,and liquid..We all adapt when we have to....

I bought these because of the reviews. I was disappointed. I like the chewiness of clams and the texture and these clams have neither. They don't even taste like clams as far as I am concerned. I will go back to snows!