Our light tuna is wild caught and hand-packed in a Flavor Fresh Pouch® to preserve its delicious flavor. With no draining required, this convenient pouch makes it easy to incorporate lean protein into your busy and active lifestyle. Add it to your favorite salad, sandwich or wrap – just tear, eat and go!

Light Tuna, Water, Vegetable Broth, Salt.

Protein - Protein is essential for building and repairing tissues. It helps us build muscles, stay energized and feel full. Most seafood is low in fat, so it's a great protein choice. One single-serve pouch of StarKist Tuna (2.6 oz) has 17g of protein; it's a great option as a snack after working out!

Ingredients. Our “Light” tuna is primarily skipjack or yellowfin. Our “White” tuna is albacore tuna. All StarKist Tuna and salmon are wild caught fish.

Inside the pouch, our pros found large chunks of flaky fish. StarKist albacore was juicy and bright with just the right level of salt. Packed in water, this brand is super healthy - it has 17 grams of protein, 60% of your vitamin 12 for the day and is just 80 calories per package.

Light Tuna can be a mix of a variety of smaller tuna species, most often skipjack, but may also include yellowfin, tongol, or big-eye. The best uses for solid or chunk light tuna are in tuna salads, pasta dishes, and casseroles, where the slightly stronger flavor shines through.

The 65-year old StarKist brand has two processing facilities in Ecuador in addition to the one just inspected in American Samoa. Mercury content of canned tuna frequently comes up as a food safety issue. The problem is that mercury can accumulate in the body.

Chunk Light Tuna typically consists of skipjack, but may also include yellowfin or big-eye tuna. Featuring a softer texture, this tuna tends to be darker in color with smaller, flakier pieces and a stronger flavor. Explore the difference between these various types of canned tuna in our Q&A.

Bottomline. Canned tuna is a healthy lean protein that is full of nutrients that are good for your heart, mind, and body! This pantry staple is something you can feel good about adding to your meals or enjoying as a snack a few times a week so go ahead and dive right in!

If that's what you're going for, you need to get your hands on the StarKist E.V.O.O. Solid Yellowfin Tuna in Extra Virgin Olive Oil. This product seems like it's of a higher quality than the other canned tuna options, and the olive oil has a richness to it that makes every bite more appealing.

FDA testing has shown that canned light meat tuna has an average of 0.1 parts per million (ppm) and that Albacore (white meat) tuna has an average of 0.35 ppm. StarKist has appropriate testing procedures in place to ensure that both our light meat canned and white meat canned tuna are well below the FDA limit of 1 ppm.

Nutritional Information 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. Light Tuna, Water, Vegetable Broth, Salt.

With 90 calories and 20g of protein per can, this nutrient dense tuna can works well with Mediterranean, Weight Watchers, Keto, and Paleo diet plans.

StarKist Tuna is a brand of tuna produced by StarKist Co., an American company formerly based in Pittsburgh's North Shore that is now wholly owned by Dongwon Industries of South Korea. It was purchased by Dongwon from the American food manufacturer Del Monte Foods on June 24, 2008, for slightly more than $300 million.

The familiar Star-Kist Company traces its origins to 1918 on Terminal Island when it was founded as the French Sardine Company by Yugoslavian immigrant Martin J. Bogdanovich. By 1952, the renamed Star-Kist Tuna Cannery's new Main Plant held the distinction of being the single-largest cannery in the world.

The FDA's recommendation cites high levels of protein, vitamin D, selenium, B12, omega 3 fats and trace minerals. However, chunk light tuna is the only type of tuna recommended by the FDA as a "best choice," with two to three servings per week considered safe for consumption.