Tuna Pouches - Suspiciously low cal, second opinion needed

CindyArlene

I was browsing the site yesterday looking for ways to boost my protein intake and found lots of mentions of tuna pouches. So yesterday I went shopping and bought one of each type. I was over the moon delighted by the low calories and high protein. But the more I think about it the more it seems to good to be true and I wonder if the values on the packets are accurate. The brand is a local South African one so it may not be known to many which is why I'm giving examples below. Also South Africa measures energy in kj not cals so I used a online converter to get the calories.

• Light meat shredded tuna with Asian soya dressing 85g: 83 kj (19.8 cals); 17.1g protein
• Light meat shredded tuna in mayonnaise with black pepper 85g: 110 kj (26.3 cals); 13.6g protein
• Light meat shredded tuna with sweet chilly dressing 85g: 98 kj (23.4 cals); 14.7g protein
• Light meat shredded tuna with tomato and herb dressing 85g: 97 kj (23.2 cals); 13.4g protein

Does this seems way to low cal to anybody else? I'm wondering if the company who packs it (located in Thailand) did not maybe add the calorie values to the energy section along with the kilojoule unit abbreviation instead of converting them.

I plan on eating them anyway since they are still a great way to boost my protein but I would prefer to be accurate in how much they "cost" in terms of my daily calorie budget.

CindyArlene

Ukexplorer78

hey noticed your post and something seems off with them cal's like you say ??

I swear by these either with a salt and vinegar snack a jack or Ryvita or just spooned out of the pouch to be honest.

I scanned these into my food log on here using the barcode and this is what it recorded them as.

Hope this helped you ))

Glen

Ukexplorer78

Sorry that was assuming they are John West as above

yirara

Yeah, that seems way off! Especially if the tuna is in oil. 1g of oil has 9kcal.

Alatariel75

Yeah, those are definitely not right. Protein is 4 calories a gram before you even take oil into account at 9 calories a gram. Definitely a labelling error.

jennyell85

I think it's more likely to be 114 (or 116) kcal, just based of 4 calories per gram of carbs & protein, and 9 calories per gram of fat. Which would be approximately 477 kJ.

CindyArlene

Thank you everyone for the answers! My gut feel was also that it was to low but I was unsure. I'll treat those values as cals and convert them to kj before logging them from now on.