A Tale of Two Tunas!
StarKist Chunk White Albacore Tuna in water, net weight 6 ounces or 170 grams. Nutrition Facts include: Serving Size 2 ounces drained (56g about a 1/4 cup), servings per can - about 2.5 and protein per serving is 12g.
Giant Solid White Albacore Tuna in water, net weight 6 ounces or 170 grams. Nutrition Facts(?) include: Serving Size 2 ounces drained (56g about a 1/4 cup), servings per can - about 2 and protein per serving is (drumroll, please)… 14g.
The Giant was $1.09 and the StarKist was $1.19, so I’m out a dime because I only bought one can of the StarKist, but if you do the math (I did the math) then you’ll see that 14g of the Giant at 2 servings per can is 28 grams of protein for yours truly while 12g of the StarKist at 2.5 servings per can is 30 grams of protein.
Okay, okay, it’s only a difference of two grams. (And that’s IF I did the math right, of course.)
Plus I use my calorie counting and protein counting as a rough estimate at best and certainly don’t expect that I have an incredibly accurate number (although I’m hoping it’s not incredibly off either).
November 26, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Let’s see, where’s my abacus… looks right to me! And I do that all the time (to see if things on sale are REALLY a better deal than the gigantor version of said thing)… I’ve embraced my cheapness :)
November 26, 2007 at 7:07 pm
heh :)
A lady was looking at Designer Whey at GNC. Two-pounds for $21 said the big "shelf talker." She asked her friend, "What do you see?" And I butted in with, "I see GNC whey for $25.00, but it’s a THREE-pound container."
She actually did a gram for gram comparison, standing there and looking to see what was in each product. Cool. Her purchase was for her dog - a Mastif (spelling?) that was underweight. Just a 4-month-old pup, but she was trying to put some weight on it.
Any reply with "gigantor" in it gets a gold star from me! :)
November 26, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Anyone can tell that a THREE pound container is more GIGANTOR than a Two pound container….DUH… I’m suprised they did’nt call security when you "butted" in….