In article >, "Andy <q>" <q> wrote:

> Changes on food nutrition labels?!?
>
> I had a bumble bee fancy albacore tuna sandwich in olive oil with a few
> shakes of garlic powder on whole wheat toast for breakfast. Sounds delicious
> I know.
>
> I thought I better see if I logged bumble bee into my diet program and I had
> it listed but several nutrients changed.
>
> Protein went from 16g to 15g
> They added a micro-nutrient Phosphorus: 10%DV)
>
> Wonder how often they can change the labels? When the USDA says so?

With products like canned tuna, I imagine there's fairly frequent, but
small variation like that. Its not like every fish in the sea has the
same amount of protein, fat, etc. I imagine the makers of canned tuna do
a nutritional analysis every once in a while of their products and make
adjustments accordingly.

In fact, a google search lead me to Bumble Bee's web site. There, they
have a FAQ file which addresses your question about nutritional facts.
The file is at at <http://www.bumblebee.com/faq.jsp#6> and it does a
better job of explaining the situation than I could.

I don't know why the phosphorus was added. I imagine you can call or
write to Bumble Bee's customer relations office to find that out if it
bothers you.