While many types of tinned fish and seafood, including sardines, are only recently seeing a resurgence in popularity in the Western world, most people have probably eaten canned tuna at least once in their life. For many, canned tuna fish has been a convenient and affordable source of protein and o...
Sardines Vs. Tuna Nutrition On the whole, canned sardines are quite similar nutritionally to canned tuna. However, they do differ in certain areas...
Mercury When mercury enters the water, it is absorbed by bacteria which convert it to methylmercury, which is easily absorbable by fish and by humans. As this contaminant moves up the food chain, it accumulates in high concentrations in larger predatory fish, including tuna. Mercury cannot easily ...
Microplastics Similar to mercury, microplastics are another contaminant which accumulates in water and, subsequently, fish and other animals. It is not yet known the extent to which consumption of microplastics is dangerous to humans, but it is highly likely that it, like mercury, has neurotoxic ef...
Taste and Texture No matter how healthy something is, it doesn’t make a difference unless you’re willing to eat it! Fortunately, canned sardines are not only healthier than canned tuna, but just as tasty (if not tastier) and can easily be used to prepare dishes in the same ways. Sardines come i...