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Nutritious and delicious minimal mercury levels make it safer to eat than most store-bought canned tuna.
Unlike other canned albacore tuna, Carvalho Minimal-Mercury Tuna is:
Healthier and better tasting
- Sashimi-grade fish has an outstanding mild flavor, a clear white flesh, and a firm texture.
- Choice, center-cut loins are hand-packed, then sealed and cooked with the fish’s natural juices and oils to bring out and preserve the mild flavor.
- Four times higher in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids than other pre-cooked albacore tuna.
- Boneless, flaky tuna that’s lightly flavored with sea salt for a gourmet taste.
Safer to eat than most store-bought canned albacore tuna
- A recent survey conducted with canned albacore in U.S. grocery stores showed that one can in 20 exceeded the FDA “action” level of 1.0 ppm of mercury.
- Test results show the amount of mercury in Carvalho Minimal-Mercury tuna to be 0.2 ppm or below—less than 1/5 of the FDA allowable standards of 1.0 ppm.
- Safe for women who are pregnant or nursing, women who are considering becoming pregnant, and young children.
- Ideal for anyone wishing to eat tuna and greatly limit their consumption of mercury.
Harvested using sustainable methods and packed for freshness
- Uses only three-year-old albacore tuna which have a 25% less bio-accumulation of mercury than larger, older fish.
- Hand-caught in shallower ocean waters by trolling—not netting, which means certain death for all fish caught in commercial nets.
- Hand filleted and flash frozen to meet even the most exacting standards of the Japanese.
Backed by superior quality and desire for food safety
- Working with Oregon State University, Carvalho Fisheries was the first to test, classify, and produce a minimal-mercury albacore tuna.
- Carvalho is a “first receiver” of albacore tuna—meaning that it’s purchased at the dock directly from the West Coast fishermen who catch it.
- Plant is HACCP certified to FDA and NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) export standards.
Carvalho Minimal-Mercury Tuna contains:
- No artificial colors or dyes
- No chemical additives
- No preservatives
- No gluten
- No casein
Background Information:
A recent survey of canned albacore tuna in U.S. grocery stores by the Mercury Policy Project showed that one can in twenty exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “action” level of 1.0 ppm mercury—the point at which the FDA takes action against the manufacturer.
Unfortunately, the FDA does not always take action—and most U.S. mass canners of tuna continue to demand the older, larger fish that have been feeding longer and, thus, have naturally accumulated more mercury. These tuna can end up on the shelves of U.S. grocery stores.
What that may mean to you—particularly if you are exposed to high levels of mercury found in fish (swordfish, shark, tuna), drinking water, mercury dental amalgams, inoculations, and more—is a potentially toxic mercury build-up in your body. Some symptoms of mercury toxicity are unexplained fatigue, headaches, joint pain, memory loss, and more. Read more about heavy metal toxicity.
Carvalho Fisheries, in response to a need for a minimal-mercury canned tuna, began with the assumption that younger, smaller albacore tuna—because they haven’t been feeding as long as older fish—may have significantly lower levels of mercury. This theory was tested and proven true—first in its own lab and later with Oregon State University. See related information below for further details.
Once that was established, Carvalho determined that it would only can tuna with mercury levels at 0.3 ppm or less—more than 2/3 less than what the FDA allows.
At one of its six Pacific Coast docks, Carvalho selects only three-year-old fish—directly from the fishermen who caught it—for its minimal-mercury canned tuna. Testing on these fish shows an average mercury level of 0.15 ppm—half of its standard for minimal-mercury classification.
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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose,
treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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