Amazon sells for 89.2¢ per can/10-pack and 83.3¢ per can/24-pack.
Local grocery chain has these on sale right now for $1.07 (a few cents more and I’d have to go get them) but I can buy MORE THAN ONE and it won’t come to my house all dented up. Is it even possible to receive a can from Amazon / Woot / Walmart that ISN’T dented? I started ordering canned good only if they were in full case quantities, but Amazon & Wally World both will put 12 loose cans in bag and ship that - apparently if they have loose cans they use those up first regardless what unit size the order is.
So what you’re saying is that this is a good deal after the extra 20% off, right?
And if we tried to sell those packs, they’d ship you one stinkin’ can.
True story !
Claro que si
This arrived is an unpadded bag. Dented.
Oh Amazon!1
1 Trademark Pending2
2 Not really
Mine arrived in a box undamaged. I put it in the fridge, when I opened it to use it tasted like the can​
Also, the ingredients listed soy, along with tuna, water, and salt? What does that mean?! Why soy?
The ingredients were shown in the third picture. Those would be questions better answered by the manufacturer.
The soy is found “in the broth” as a flavoring. Similar to miso.
Unless you lucked out on wild caught tofu instead of Chicken hooked from the Sea.
I have noticed the same thing myself with putting cans in the fridge and getting a metallic taste in the food. I have wondered about this relatively recent phenomenon and I have a possible explanation but I really don’t know for certain. So, my guess is that as manufacturers have switched to bpa-free plastic for the lining of their cans and that this new lining does not hold up as well under refrigeration. I have noticed that the inside of refrigerated cans becomes discolored quickly these days. I do not remember that happening so quickly years ago.
So that’s my thought on this issue. I don’t know if it helps in any way. I no longer keep tin cans in the fridge for any length of time - just long enough to chill, and that’s it.
@mambisia @Wooter625952504 @pepper114 @ThunderThighs
Here you go: the science and the solution
Now go enjoy your Tuna of the Land from Chicken of the Sea.
Am I missing some new trend? Why would anyone store canned food in the refrigerator? If there is something you would like to eat cold, is it not normal to open the can and transfer the contents to something like a glass bowl with a cover and chill it a bit in advance? Who has room for their canned goods in the fridge anyway - at the store I have to worry whether half a watermelon will fit with all the other fruits and veggies in there or do I have to limit myself to just a quarter of one this time.
I can see it if I want to make tuna salad later in the week. That way the tuna is cold along with the lettuce, mayo, etc.
Wow, thanks for that! It was super interesting information.
However, I’m thinking that my theory is still plausible and consistent with your information. The canned items to which I was referring, were factory sealed cans put in the fridge to chill and then left there for a few days when I didn’t end up using them as quickly as I had planned. They were not opened leftovers. In my case, these were not tuna but various canned fruits and vegetables that were destined for salads just as @ThunderThighs imagined. The foods certainly contained acids. The mystery is where the oxygen came from. Could it have been pulled from the foods? I don’t know but my guess is that either from dents in the cans or from chilling the cans the seal must have broken letting air into the cans. However the acid and oxygen also needed to contact the metal. That means that the plastic lining of the cans was either absent or it had to break down also. Since this whole reaction didn’t occur as quickly in days gone by as it does now, I suspect that the new bpa free plastic lining that is now used doesn’t hold up as well as the old plastic lining did.
That said I really appreciate your research and reply. It has made me think more about the variety of things that might go wrong from putting a can in the fridge to chill. I will endeavor to be more disciplined and normal and “open the can and transfer the contents to something like a glass bowl with a cover and chill it a bit in advance” as @idonwannaname kindly suggested.