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Revisiting tuna 2 oz. serving size.
A week or so ago I ranted about a 6 ounce can of tuna and the serving
sizes as being rediculous. Well... I finally got the food scale out and decided to see what thier recommended 2 oz. serving size of bumble bee premium solid white albacore looked like. The net weight of the can being 6 ounces. I put a small mixing bowl on the scale and zero'd that out. Then I drained all the water I could and dumped the contents into the bowl. It measured 4.25 oz. So I squeezed out 1.75 oz of water. I broke the tuna apart in the bowl and took out enough until it read 2.0 oz. But the label indicated "Number of servings: about 2.5". They could've made it weigh 5 oz. drained so that junior could have half a sanwich! And they could claim "exactly 2.5 servings". Sure they'd have to make a bigger can but they could charge more for the extra .75 oz of tuna and to cover the cost of refitting a new can press die. But in actuallity 2 oz. of broken up tuna on a square piece of bread makes a decent size sandwich if you put lettuce, tomato slice and a slice of cheese in there too. But we can only make 2 sandwiches. Leaving .25 oz., for the cat?? I'm still going to call it Bumbling Bee tuna from now on. /rant All the best, Andy |
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