Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:25:16 GMT, wff_ng_7 wrote:
>
>> Did something happen to chunk tuna in recent years? I hadn't bought tuna in
>> many years, then started trying it again. I could have sworn chunk tuna used
>> to have actual chunks in it. I thought there were three grades at one time:
>> solid, chunk, and flaked. The chunk I've seen recently looks like flaked to
>> me, and I noticed that flaked isn't sold anymore.
>
> Yep. The "chunk light tuna" used to be at least 50% chunk and
> the rest flake. Now it's all ... mush. It all sqeezes out the
> side of the lid when you drain it.
>
> I think they're putting all the chunks into those plastic/foil
> pouches, and then the scraps go in the cans. The "invention" of
> those pouches coincides with the quality decline in canned tuna.
>
> -sw


Nope, the foil patches lagged behind the decline in quality by several
years.

Bob