Coastal Gourmet Sardines in Water- No Salt Added 4.375 oz. (Pack of 12) (Packaging May Vary)

No salt added. Add your own salty flavor enhancers -- red or greenTabasco Sauce or Chinese hot mustard (my favorites): or maybe you favor some other kind of sauce. Amazon's got 'em. The added sauce, probably not enough to be worried about the sodium, but if so you can balance it out with potassium salt available in all supermarkets and on Amazon. My favorite brand is Nativo 0%Sodium, Amazon's got it. Most sardine tins are 100 grams. These are 125 grams, 12 to the package. Priced at a little more than a dollar a can, ounce per ounce they're cheaper than Chicken of the Sea at the grocery store or here on Amazon. These are small sardines, quite a few of 'em in the can. Soft, hardly notice the bones. Mild flavor which invites adding hot sauce or ??. If you want a strong fish flavor, these are not the ones. Per can, 22g protein and 6g fat. That's not lard, it's fish oil high in Omega-3's. Sodium only 70 mg. High in calcium, 30% of RDA. Just about the healthiest non-vegetarian food you can buy, low cost, and unlike fresh meat it doesn't have to be refrigerated until it's opened. But you're gonna eat the whole thing immediately anyhow, right? Sardines are high in purines. If you've got gout, maybe you're afraid of seafoods high in purines. I play it safe by taking a Terminalia bellerica capsule, the stuff works like allopurinol but is a natural product with thousands of years of use in Ayurvedic medicine. Amazon carries LEF brand. Sardines and herring are typically low in toxins like mercury because they're open ocean wild fish low on the food chain. Don't have the potential contamination issues you've got with large predator fish and farmed fish. This is a long detailed review because sardines and herring are staples in my diet. I buy an assortment so I'm not having to eat the same thing every day, but these are going to become my main ones.

Filets are firm and not mushy

Well packed tasted great.

I am trying different sardines to find the "best" for frying. Coastal Gourmet Sardines in Water are relatively inexpensive and a solid choice but don't really fit the bill for me because of their size. These sardines may be the biggest I have ever bought/eaten. Even though it is a little more time consuming, I find smaller sardines easier to prep and fry so I'm moving on to another brand.

One has to be careful when ordering sardines without salt because sometimes one of the ingredients is salt !!!. This one has the lowest sodium I have seen at 70 mg per can. Also it is sometimes very hard to mash up canned sardines without a lot of effort and for an old person I find these to be very soft and easy to mash with either mustard or mayonnaise or whatever you want. I'm very happy to have found this product.

This is loaded with scales. Twice I found what appears to be bits of paper in the can. I emailed the manufacturers about this, but am not sure if it was seen. So far no response or changes seen.

My dog loves them

Every Sardine in the can is clean with all internal organs removed. The low sodium content is awesome for my blood pressure. The taste of every fish in evey can far exceeded the expectations I had based on my previous experience with other canned sardines. As long as the price stays comparable, you have a client for life.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥