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Fish, tuna, white, canned in water, without salt, drained solids

Not checked yet · database values 128 kcal per 100 g

Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.

Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.

Limit it: foods like this are rated once a week or less, for methylmercury.

Good for

How we counted this

What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share.

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

10 more nutrients below “a lot”

Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: fibre, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K1, niacin, vitamin D, choline, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.

Watch out

How we counted this

We haven’t checked this food. Foods like it carry these, so they’re shown here until we do. None of them was measured in this food.

  • Methylmercury

    Limit itCommon in this kind of food; not tested in this one

    Can harm a developing brain, before birth and in childhood.

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    210 g a week takes an average adult to the limit

    You’d need about 2.1 servings a week of this food alone to use up what an average adult’s intake leaves under the limit.

    Women who are or may become pregnant, and children: 40 g a day.

    How we got this

    An average adult already takes in about 18% of the limit. One serving a day uses up the room left in about 2.1 days of the week.

    Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 260 g a week would reach the limit.

    The dataset’s rating: Limit it: weekly or less

    Canned albacore (white) tuna. FDA 1990-2012, canned albacore: mean 0.350 ppm mercury (n 451); one daily 55 g serving is 148-152% of EFSA's weekly limit on FDA and CFIA data (OQ6, D-H1 correction of 2026-10-16)

    At the published means for canned albacore, one 55 g serving a day passes EFSA's weekly limit for methylmercury, so it rates weekly or less. Health Canada advises up to 300 g a week in pregnancy. Not measured for this food.

    What cuts it: Canned light tuna carries about a third as much (FDA mean 0.126 ppm).

    US FDA, Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish (1990-2012) · grade C

    Every food with methylmercury

  • Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs

    Worth knowingCommon in this kind of food; not tested in this one

    Fish are a main source of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs. EFSA's 2026 weekly limit protects the sons of future mothers, so this is a flag for women who are or may become pregnant, not a cap for everyone. Not measured for this food.

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    How we got this

    Finfish. Wave-2 ledgers, one daily serving against EFSA 2026 (0.6 pg WHO2022-TEQ/kg bw/week): sardines well above the limit, farmed salmon 22-121%, tuna 18-77%

    What cuts it: Vary the fish you eat; trim fat and skin.

    EFSA CONTAM Panel (2026). Update of the risk assessment on dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feed and food. EFSA Journal 2026;24(6):10103. · grade C

    Every food with dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs

Better options

We haven’t checked this food, so we don’t rank it against the foods we have: its numbers are as the database lists them.

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The numbers

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Name in the database: Fish, tuna, white, canned in water, without salt, drained solids

Listed nutrients, per 100 g

For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

NutrientPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Calcium14 mg10.94 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
14 mg10.94 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Energy128 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
128 kcal–copy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Fat2.97 g2.32 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
2.97 g2.32 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Folate2 µg1.56 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
2 µg1.56 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Iron0.97 mg0.76 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.97 mg0.76 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Magnesium33 mg25.78 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
33 mg25.78 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Phosphorus217 mg169.53 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
217 mg169.53 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Potassium237 mg185.16 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
237 mg185.16 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Protein23.62 g18.45 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
23.62 g18.45 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Riboflavin (B2)0.044 mg0.03 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.044 mg0.03 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Selenium65.7 µg51.33 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
65.7 µg51.33 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Sodium50 mg39.06 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
50 mg39.06 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Thiamin (B1)0.008 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.008 mg0.01 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Vitamin A6 µg4.69 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
6 µg4.69 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Vitamin B121.17 µg0.91 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
1.17 µg0.91 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Vitamin B60.217 mg0.17 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.217 mg0.17 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Vitamin D2 µg1.56 µgsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Vitamin E0.85 mg0.66 mgsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Water74.02 g57.83 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
74.02 g57.83 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Zinc0.48 mg0.38 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.48 mg0.38 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
NutrientPer 100 gPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Copper0.039 mg0.03 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.039 mg0.03 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Manganese0.019 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.019 mg0.01 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Niacin (B3, preformed)5.799 mg4.53 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
5.799 mg4.53 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Pantothenic acid (B5)0.124 mg0.1 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
0.124 mg0.1 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C
Retinol6 µg4.69 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171988C
6 µg4.69 µgsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #3133C

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Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

  • Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · Worth knowing · Fish are a main source of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs. EFSA's 2026 weekly limit protects the sons of future mothers, so this is a flag for women who are or may become pregnant, not a cap for everyone. Not measured for this food. · EFSA 2026
  • Fish allergy · Worth knowing · Contains fish, a priority allergen (Health Canada). Not a label check: a mixed or processed food can contain allergens no default shows. · Health Canada, priority allergens
  • Methylmercury · Limit it: weekly or less · At the published means for canned albacore, one 55 g serving a day passes EFSA's weekly limit for methylmercury, so it rates weekly or less. Health Canada advises up to 300 g a week in pregnancy. Not measured for this food. · FDA 1990–2012

Sources

Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.