Has anyone else noticed that those handy small 95g cans of John West tuna have reduced the amount of tuna, by a lot? It used to be a small tin would smother two slices of toast. Now the contents barely cover one slice of toast.
I decided to see just how much tuna we're getting for $3 a pop. The 95 g is mostly water these days. I poured off the water and immediately saw that the amount of tuna has been cut way back. The tin's almost empty.
I then weighed it. It weighed 89.1 g including the tin, less 22.5 g for the tin on its own. So now you're getting less than 67g of tuna in what's said to be 95g.
I suppose the fact it doesn't say 95g net gives them an out to have whatever tiny amount of tuna they want to put into the tin and fill up the rest with very expensive water.
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Allow me to bring your attention to the part of the nutrient information box that says the drained weight is 61g
Edit: I’ll also mention that the official JW website has 2 year old reviews complaining about this very thing, so they shrinkflated long ago and I guess it took op this long to notice
Must be all the tuna that John West rejects.
I noticed this, and I used to buy John West because it didn’t feel like I was only buying water. Now it’s the same as home brand at 2x the cost so I don’t even bother.
Always check the ingredients on the back. I only buy cans with 70-75% tuna – OceanRise (Aldi), Pacific Tuna (Coles), Coles Tuna Chunks (Coles) all meet this. Sirena is 81% tuna, but you do pay a lot more.
John West is 65%, the same % as the Coles Simply range, so you might as well buy that.
They are rejecting so many fish these days, its affecting the tins.
No wonder I can fit it in one sandwich vs two a long time ago.
Noticed that last month, more “spring water” than tune
Not just John West. I had it in another leading brand.
Bro clean your scales. And your camera. And your benchtop.
At these prices, honestly might as well just go back to Sirena.
On a side note I used to love john west salmon on toast with a little mayo and black pepper
They are flogging a can for 15 bucks now and now I am seriously considering shoplifting because 15 bucks is out of control for a tin of fish
Sirena tuna FTW. All day, every day.
I used to exclusively buy John West. Bought a tin of Sirena 5 years ago. Chalk and cheese, never going back. Well worth the price difference.
Curiously, Both John West and Sirena brands are owned by Heinz. It is staggering that there can be such a difference in taste and feel.
We’ve started buying the pouches – seems like a better quantity of fish in the pack:
[https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/878479](https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/878479)
OK now do this test 20 times and report back.
Dumb and disgusting kitchen what a duo.
I love how you got the net weight by weighing the gross weight, then took out the tuna and weighed just the tin and subtracted it from the gross weight.
Next time just put a dish on the scales, tare, put tuna on dish 👍
Also clean those scales that’s gross.
That’s why I get the Coles brand yellow cans of tuna, which are almost 80% meat.
They just ran out of the dolphin component.
John Least
Well duh! They thrown away so much that wasn’t good enough, they’re left with not enough!!
It must be that flavour, I eat these tins for lunch every day and they’re always full.
Anyone know the most environmentally conscious? canned tuna on the shelves whilst we are on the canned stuff?
You’re doing life wrong if you aren’t buying Sirena tuna
You’re reading it upside down.. 56g not 95g
Wow, yeah, that is terrible
That’s just the space left from the fish that John West rejected
He rejected too much tuna
Unfortunately John West has not been the best, for a long time now. =( which sucks cus i used to love that stuff.
Skimpjack tuna. 🍣
They’re rejecting it at the very last moment.
https://youtu.be/AZ_RoeZxhrU?si=1j5ktfq1cFiRVxgW
Do they still run these ads?
sirena is the goat but damn it’s expensive
…. The hell, I literally opened up a can an hour ago and had this same thought.
Not only can phones now read our messages and feed us ads, they can now read my mind and show me related reddit posts.
He rejected too too much
I bought one of those today. That one exactly. A rare coincidence, since I rarely get it in the small size.
They were low on the best tuna that week.
If still report to the ACCC
It makes it easier to scrape out of the tin, when there is less to get out. They’re helping you!! The less there is, the more they help.
Sirena is goated
John West tuna tastes like ass
Nobody is buying that for full price
Capitalism
The Aldi cans are packed!
It’s what John west rejects..that makes John west the best
He doesn’t accept as much as he used to
John West definitely not the best.
Aldi tuna cans are 25% price of coles and woolies.
Yeah. A lot of products bulk-up with water to boost their profit margins. I’m very thankful that Australian law requires them to list the percentage of the core ingredients so that you can at least compare things fairly.
I’ve seen some *huge* variations in these percentages for many products. The ones that come to mind are tinned tomatoes, coconut milk, oyster sauce, and tinned beans.
It’s very common that you see a tin of tomatoes that looks like good value at first. Like “organic tomatoes”, on special, significantly lower price per tin than other brands. But on closer inspection, if you multiply by the actual percentage of tomato content you find it is by far the most expensive. So often the cheaper can is actually the more expensive food – and with a bonus feeling of being tricked / scammed.
coconut milk especially. holy smokes, you gotta check the ingredients on your coconut milk.
It’s what John West rejects that makes John West the best. Or in this case, not.
John is a cunt
They reject the premise of filling the can.