£13.40 for two tins of tuna???

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I thought Sainsburys had made a mistake when about 7 things cost me 50 quid. But, no it's correct.
I can't stand the cheap stuff and it will form the basis of a meal....but really??

Love Ortiz tuna. It would be a waste of money if you’re mashing it up for sandwiches, but as a salad or meal, defo worth every penny.
For those posters saying it won’t taste any different to cheaper tuna, it’s not just a taste thing, it’s a texture thing. Ortiz is thick, meaty chunks of tuna.

Is Rio Mare tuna the same as Ortiz?

Does the Ortiz tuna come from a different kind of tuna fish. Or is it the same fish just with a different label on the can?

It's the same fish. Just caught and processed in different ways..

Tuna is tuna... But it is caught by line fishing and not quite as harshly processed. And storing it in the oil helps. It is nicer.

But 4 x nicer? Debatable.

Why on earth would you not buy fresh tuna for that price?

Buy the stuff in spring water - and Sainsburys' own brand will be fine. The stuff in oil has zillions of calories.

In which case I'd buy fresh tuna.

Because its a totally different product. You could probably cook your fresh tuna and let it marinade in olive oil for a day or two and it might end up similar.

Or you could open a tin and likely have a better outcome, instantly. This is a premium product, canned foods are about a lot more than cheap beans and soup.

Wow, fun times!

you make it sound SO lovely - I wish I liked butter beans though.

I don't get your issue, OP. You say you hate the cheap stuff, so you buy the premium brand, and then you're shocked that's it's expensive?

Anyway, I've not tried Ortiz before, but I'm intrigued now.

Someone upthread said Ortiz is chunks of meaty tuna rather than flakes. I buy canned tuna steak for this reason which is usually John West or Sainsbury's as they're better in a salad.

Tuna chunks are okay in tuna mayonnaise for sandwiches, but not all canned tuna are created equal. Lidl tuna, for example, is just watery paste.

I don't have " an issue" I started a fairly light hearted thread and have gained a few good tips along the way.
Anything rather than face what's going on in the world tbh

I know what it is! I was asking about the two brands who store it in olive oil!

Bloody hell!

It's just a different experience!

They use only the best tuna and after steeping in olive oil for so long it has a lovely taste as well as firm texture.

I find fresh tuna dry even if I attempt to just sear it.

Finally M & S have restocked the Albacore Tuna Loins in Spanish Olive Oil. £4 for 225gms. Will do until I can get my son to get me some Ortiz from Sainsbury's on his way over here in a couple of weeks.

It´s a different species. I think they call bonito Albacore tune. The meat is lighter, the taste is softer and it doesn´t stink like ordinary tuna. It is more expensive too and also caught with fish line, one by one.

Fair enough. I'm not a canned food snob at all, just from a price perspective it didn't make a lot of sense to me.

I will now have to try fancy canned tuna!

@Sweetcupcakes16 is right. I could feed two people twice on £13.40 and if I am spending that much on an item it won't be tuna fish.
When I was at university I took a job in a lingerie department during the long vac. I remember one of the shop assistants being so sorry an elderly woman could no longer afford the very expensive thermal vests she was used to buy. I recall the ascerbic comment by the head of department that the woman in question had had and was likely to continue to have more money than the shop assistant or the HoD was ever likely to earn.
I deplore the politics of envy I but can see her point. Or, as Gandhi put it, there is enough for everyone's need...one doesn't need expensive tuna fish (and cheaper brands than this one are also line caught - look on the tin - besides which tuna in oil has a huge amount of calories).

Yeah me too, dry and quite chewy as well sometimes

..one doesn't need expensive tuna fish (and cheaper brands than this one are also line caught - look on the tin - besides which tuna in oil has a huge amount of calories).

And what's wrong with calories from oily fish and olive oil?

Both are known to be beneficial to health.

You'll be eating an awful lot of oil. Unless you drain it off? I wash off oil from tinned tuna. I can't imagine eating tuna with the oil still on it nowadays.

Why don't you just buy tinned tuna in water if you don't want it in oil? You shouldn't put oil down the sink (which I assume you are if you're washing it off).

Although not sure who asked about the calorie content of oil and whether it was good or bad, not really relevant to the discussion.

I buy tuna in brine or spring water. If I accidentally buy tuna in oil I drain the tin then swish the tuna off under a tap. Are we talking environement or blocked sinks re oil btw?