Clover Leaf Tuna in Olive Oil- ****BEWARE***

vanessafinalbattle
vanessafinalbattle Posts: 16 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
So I recently bought one of those little cans of tuna by Clover Leaf in Olive oil. I figured it was a relatively good way to get my protein with reasonable calories.

As it states the nutrition is: per 1 DRAINED can (65 grms) 120 calories, 6 grms fat, 18 grms of protein. Not bad, right? WRONG!

I eat the whole can with the oil, b/c I figure it can't be that bad. So to find out how not bad this can is I emailed Clover Leaf.


Turns out for 1 can UNDRAINED the nutrition is 320 cal, 30 fat, and 12 grms of protein.

How does the protein go down???

These little cans are sooo misleading! I'm sure all the other flavoured ones are equally as bad.

No wonder I gained this week!

Another reason to eat everything you make as you never really know what's inside products such as this one.

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    edited March 2015
    I don't think this is a Clover Leaf issue. It is a "food packed in olive oil" issue. Yeah, olive oil is delicious and yeah, you can eat it while losing weight. But eating anything packed it it and not draining it is going to be a calorie bomb.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    edited March 2015
    That's weird. Doesn't make sense that protein would decrease. I have a feeling one of those labels is wrong. For No Name tuna packed in water, 60 grams has 15 g protein so the 18g in 65 g tuna sounds right. Did you look the second one up in the MFP database? You have to be pretty careful with what you select. There are more wrong entries than there are right ones.

    How large is your daily deficit? An extra 200 calories one day in a week usually wouldn't make you gain (bring you to maintenance, maybe, but likely not a surplus. Unless you over ate something else as well). Are you sure you didn't just eat some salty food or weren't unable to poop before weighing yourself?
  • vanessafinalbattle
    vanessafinalbattle Posts: 16 Member
    There could be many factors as to why I didn't loose this week.

    For me the issue is the nutritional labelling. I am using the can in front of me not the database in MFP.

    I know olive oil is a high calorie fat, and there is nothing wrong with it. I just think the can is misleading.

    I guess it just shows how careful we really have to be about what we consume.

    I ate two in one day. So, instead of consuming 240 calories I really consumed 640 calories. A difference of 400 calories. Kinda make sense 65 grms drained, 85 grms undrained. 40 grams of olive oil, 10 grms is approx. 100 cal.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    edited March 2015
    Did you eat the tuna every day? I can't understand how 200 calories caused weight gain. I also can't understand the difference in protein between the drained and undrained tuna.

    I'm very confused right now. Even if you ate the tuna every day, that's only 1400 calories for a week. If you're eating at a deficit to lose a pound week, that's still not enough to wipe out a deficit, unless you're down to a half pound a week, but even then, it's not enough to make you gain weight.

    Again, still confused.

    OP.. if you're new to dieting, weight fluctuates. If you're new to exercising, if you've eaten something high in sodium, if you've eaten more carbs than usual, if you're body is processing a bit more waste, if you're retaining water thanks to TOM, if you're under stress... all of these things make the scale move up. They don't mean you've gained fat. They are all temporary.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited March 2015
    vanessafinalbattle wrote: »
    So I recently bought one of those little cans of tuna by Clover Leaf in Olive oil. I figured it was a relatively good way to get my protein with reasonable calories.

    As it states the nutrition is: per 1 DRAINED can (65 grms) 120 calories, 6 grms fat, 18 grms of protein. Not bad, right? WRONG!

    I eat the whole can with the oil, b/c I figure it can't be that bad. So to find out how not bad this can is I emailed Clover Leaf.


    Turns out for 1 can UNDRAINED the nutrition is 320 cal, 30 fat, and 12 grms of protein.

    How does the protein go down???

    These little cans are sooo misleading! I'm sure all the other flavoured ones are equally as bad.

    No wonder I gained this week!

    Another reason to eat everything you make as you never really know what's inside products such as this one.

    None of these numbers make sense. How many grams in the whole can if there are 65 grams in one serving?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    vanessafinalbattle wrote: »
    There could be many factors as to why I didn't loose this week.

    For me the issue is the nutritional labelling. I am using the can in front of me not the database in MFP.

    I know olive oil is a high calorie fat, and there is nothing wrong with it. I just think the can is misleading.

    I guess it just shows how careful we really have to be about what we consume.

    I ate two in one day. So, instead of consuming 240 calories I really consumed 640 calories. A difference of 400 calories. Kinda make sense 65 grms drained, 85 grms undrained. 40 grams of olive oil, 10 grms is approx. 100 cal.

    How is it misleading? The can clearly stated that the values were for the drained product. And what is being drained off is high in both calories and fat.

  • vanessafinalbattle
    vanessafinalbattle Posts: 16 Member
    I am aware of dieting. It just happened to be that I found this info out at the same time as my weigh in. I have had fluctuations before.

    The can itself is 85 grm. The nutritional label is for 65 grms, drained.

    I am also going to update MFP. Most of the database is for drained.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited March 2015
    vanessafinalbattle wrote: »
    I am aware of dieting. It just happened to be that I found this info out at the same time as my weigh in. I have had fluctuations before.

    The can itself is 85 grm. The nutritional label is for 65 grms, drained.

    I am also going to update MFP. Most of the database is for drained.

    The can is 85 grams? None of this makes sense. How can 20 grams more make the calories go up that much, and the protein go down. Something's fishy there.
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    I think this is a helpful post. It's a good reminder to read labels carefully and think logically about calorie counts.
  • vanessafinalbattle
    vanessafinalbattle Posts: 16 Member
    girlviernes wrote: »
    I think this is a helpful post. It's a good reminder to read labels carefully and think logically about calorie counts.

    Thank You for getting the point.

    It is a very good reminder of labels and calories.
  • MelRC117
    MelRC117 Posts: 911 Member
    edited March 2015
    You didn't drain off olive oil. Its not Clover Leaf's fault you didn't realize how many calories would be in the 20g olive oil that you didn't drain off. One table spoon is give or take 13-14ish g. That's around 110-120 calories. Maybe you could have looked up the nutrition value of olive oil before consuming?
    You said: Another reason to eat everything you make as you never really know what's inside products such as this one.
    You knew EXACTLY what was in the can and you ate it. They clearly stated DRAINED on the nutrition label. You didn't drain it. Take responsibility.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    vanessafinalbattle wrote: »
    I am aware of dieting. It just happened to be that I found this info out at the same time as my weigh in. I have had fluctuations before.

    The can itself is 85 grm. The nutritional label is for 65 grms, drained.

    I am also going to update MFP. Most of the database is for drained.

    The can is 85 grams? None of this makes sense. How can 20 grams more make the calories go up that much, and the protein go down. Something's fishy there.

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  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    MelRC117 wrote: »
    You didn't drain off olive oil. Its not Clover Leaf's fault you didn't realize how many calories would be in the 20g olive oil that you didn't drain off. One table spoon is give or take 13-14ish g. That's around 110-120 calories. Maybe you could have looked up the nutrition value of olive oil before consuming?
    You said: Another reason to eat everything you make as you never really know what's inside products such as this one.
    You knew EXACTLY what was in the can and you ate it. They clearly stated DRAINED on the nutrition label. You didn't drain it. Take responsibility.

    +1

  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    edited March 2015
    I have always bought tuna in water, no need for the added oil.

    I do understand what you mean, that is if you mean to read the label and follow directions.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    There's an easy fix to this................eat canned tuna in water. A "cutting" staple.

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  • johnnylakis
    johnnylakis Posts: 812 Member
    vanessafinalbattle wrote: »

    As it states the nutrition is: per 1 DRAINED can (65 grms) 120 calories, 6 grms fat, 18 grms of protein.

    Turns out for 1 can UNDRAINED the nutrition is 320 cal, 30 fat, and 12 grms of protein.
    The numbers just don't add up. These labels can be soooo misleading
  • vanessafinalbattle
    vanessafinalbattle Posts: 16 Member
    Yes. I take responsibility for what I ate. I could have eaten tuna in water but I choose to eat the one in olive oil and didn't drain it. I have lost 100 Lbs to date, and have the last 10-15 to go. I fully understand calories and responsibilities. Thank you for the lecture.

    The point is labels. Without me emailing them I would still be guesstimating as to how much was left when I didn't drain it. I'm sure there are many ppl who would like to know this information. Seeing drained and undrained nutrition would definitely be helpful for anyone.
  • tretoptreece
    tretoptreece Posts: 425 Member
    vanessafinalbattle wrote: »
    Yes. I take responsibility for what I ate. I could have eaten tuna in water but I choose to eat the one in olive oil and didn't drain it. I have lost 100 Lbs to date, and have the last 10-15 to go. I fully understand calories and responsibilities. Thank you for the lecture.

    The point is labels. Without me emailing them I would still be guesstimating as to how much was left when I didn't drain it. I'm sure there are many ppl who would like to know this information. Seeing drained and undrained nutrition would definitely be helpful for anyone.


    I agree with you. Some people just go out of their way to be "that way". At least you took the time and effort to look into what you chose to eat when something became a red flag to you. And AWESOME job on losing 100 POUNDS! YOU are and INSPIRATION. ;) see what I did there? lol
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