Customer Reviews

Chicken of the Sea Tuna Chunk Light Water, 5 Ounce Tins (Pack of 48)

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I'm well into my sixth decade of life, and tuna has always been a favorite food. By now I've found Chicken of the Sea to be my favorite brand with larger, lighter, firmer chunks. That's not what came in the case I got. Perhaps this only happens when the product is discounted deeply (I paid about fifty cents per can), but what I got was darker flakes of mushy tuna floating in water. When I squeezed out the water by depressing the lid the tuna filled less than half the depth of the can. I suppose I got what I paid for, but with each can I open my opinion of Chicken of the Sea goes down another notch.

I bought this as kind of a food storage "survival" item, but we keep eating it. It seems that having a case of tuna on hand is good when you haven't been able to get to the grocery store for a while, or someone just wants something different or a quick snack. I will definitely continue to keep this in my pantry at home.

I've been eating Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna for years. I preferred it over other common grocery store brands because the tuna came in good sized chunks (similar to the consistency of solid white albacore of other brands) and was generally very good quality.

In the last several months, something has changed. As another reviewer noted recently, what you get now is a can full of finely chopped up mush that is much darker in color and not nearly as tasty. I thought maybe it was a fluke and I bought a bad can, but I've gone through about 10 straight cans over a 4 month period, and they've all been of the same substandard quality. Perhaps the company started cutting corners or using inferior quality fish to improve its profits; whatever the reason, I cannot eat this trash any more and am on a search for a better tuna fish.

It was much cheaper to buy on Amazon than at the local grocery store. I'm stocked up for a while now :) Expiration dates on the ones I got were not until 2014 so that's great :)

With all the high reviews maybe we just got a bad batch because I wasn't impressed at all. I have had tuna packed in water in the past and you could just crack the top open slightly and drain the water out leaving nice flake tuna. When I tried this with the first can nothing came out. I went ahead and opened the can all the way. The contents looked like mush loaded with white fatty grease. I tried scooping some of the fat off the top but it went well beyond the top. I gave it 2 stars rather than one since after making it into tuna salad with mayo and relish and such, it didn't taste bad. The initial look of it alone though made it difficult to enjoy. The cat doesn't seem to mind it. I won't buy it again.

my wife tried making tuna sammies for me with this meat. she would prepare it the night before, and by the time i wanted to eat it the next day for lunch, it would have very strong fishy smell. strong enough to where i did not want to eat it (and i am NOT a fussy eater). we did not have this problem with other tuna (i don't recall what brands, it could have been the same). so we only use it for same time consumption or for cooking.

Didn't taste at all like chicken! More like tuna, very nice tuna and not a hint of dolphin. I was told to try it with mustard as a healthier alternative to mayo, and it is really good.

Just like the ones you buy at the supermarket, except that it costs about 65% less.
The cats really like it as well... which is the main reason why i bought it, it's even cheaper than name-brand cat food.

Delicious, and a great bargain AND prepares you for the eventual zombie\nuclear apocalypse. I have a couple cases of this stuff. I eat a few cans a week, mixed with some mayonnaise and lemon juice. For some reason I only eat this when I'm drunk. But it is really high quality tuna, and I think you can really taste the mermaid in there.

at the current price of just under 42bucks, make at s/s about 86cents a can..factor in the can size at 5oz vs 6oz at local stores is 11.8% lower in weight, thus higher again in price..factoring out to 96cents a can...this is way to high a price. those who got it at 50cents a can is a decent price. i will wait til that happens, til then store sales will be the credo.

and i agree with the review where there seems far less tuna in a can; press out the water and the can is 1/2 filled..you are buying lots of water, not tuna. sneaky, like a pound size can of coffee holds only 12 oz or so anymore.