FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Tuna in oil

wrote:
>
> When I was younger I think all tuna came in oil.

In particular tuna was once packed in *its own* oil.

> Now it seems to all come in water and the oil
> stuff is real hard to find. The oil stuff is so
> much better

Actually in its own oil is now impossible to find
as far as I know. You can find tuna packed in
olive oil, vegitable oil and so on in most stores
by looking at the top and bottom of the rows.

> but I suppose they are catering to dieters, like
> most foods now a days

The reason that tuna is available in water is
probabl dieters. Not so in its own oil. Fish oil
is expensive now. There is now a large market for
fish oil capsules and many products are made from
fish oil. It is cheaper to extract the fish oil,
sell it, buy olive oil, and use that.