I totally screwed up my lunch today or at least the canned tuna gods did. I chewed down and there was something hard in there, it looked like glass. I have no idea. I spat everything out and I was completely put off. I had eaten my carbs already and have chopped a few veggies to compensate but I can't open another can of tuna and try again. I kind of feel sick so I'll wait for supper. Am thawing some shrimp.
I was glad for just jumping today. I managed 856. Tomorrow will be better.
EDIT: I just found this question and answer posted on the Bumble Bee website (the brand I ate):
I found something that looks like glass in my canned seafood, what is it?
Don't be alarmed by glass-like crystals that you may find in your canned seafood. They are simply Struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate), a naturally occurring mineral, that develops in the can during storage. They are sometimes present as small crystals that impart a grittiness to the product or they may occur as crystals 5-8 mm long. Struvite is not harmful and will readily dissolve in the digestive juices of the stomach.
How can struvite be distinguished from glass? Place crystals in a few drops of hot vinegar and they will gradually dissolve, while glass will not.
Struvite is extremely rare. For example, the incidence of struvite in our sockeye salmon is 2.4 in 1,000,000 cans.
If you have any concerns or questions about struvite, please don't hesitate to contact us. We are more than happy to answer your questions and always make it a priority to ensure that our customers are satisfied.
2.4 in 1,000,000 cans? Perhaps today is the day I should buy a lottery ticket!!
And yes, I feel better...
Oh my god - I think I'd do the same thing. GROSS! Most likely it was a piece of fish bone (did it look like a fingernail??) That happened to me when I bought tuna salad from my grocery store. Brought it back, they explained what it was, and I never bought tuna salad ever again! Blech....
ReplyDeleteIt was like a little rod, cylindrical, and completely clear like glass. I put the biggest peice of it on the counter and with effort I could crush it with my flat fingernail (so NOT glass). But it didn't look like a fingernail. Simon also suggested it might be bone. I guess I'm just used to the kind of bones you get in canned salmon, the kind you can CHEW. But maybe it was bone. It totally creeped me out.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm off to Google canned tuna bones...
that is SO gross, but I guess there are worse things that could be in your food. (trying not to think of any of them right now:)
ReplyDeleteOne time I opened a tin of salmon and there was an eyeball staring up at me!
ReplyDeleteI have not bought tinned salmon since.
856!! Great work Erin!
ReplyDelete@nicole - that would be enough to swear me off food FOREVER:)
ReplyDelete@Nicole - that's CRAZY and I can't stop laughing! I don't know what I'd do if I saw that...
ReplyDeleteCanned tuna is convenient for the protein grams, but pretty gross!
ReplyDeleteThe fates are against our protein, it seems...
ReplyDeleteI have this lingering fear that in week nine we will have to hunt, kill and eat our food.
ReplyDeleteWow Erin - that's crazy odd luck.
ReplyDelete@alex - I have that feeling too!