Re: sardine and anchovy PUFA content

From: Lictor (ghostmlNOSPAM-REMOVE_at_online.fr)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:34:01 +0200

<markd@toad-net.com> wrote in message
news:412f6846$0$21383$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com...
> I think "sardine" is a generic term for a small example of the herring
> family of fish, from which one might then deduce content.

I doubt that. French has a word for sardine (sardine) and another one for
herring (hareng), even when both are fresh, so they are different fish.
Sardine is found in the whole mediterranea, which is not the case of herring
IIRC. Maybe they're related, but it's really not the same fish.

> Also, if canned content is given, comparing it to the canned version of a
known fresh fish
> might suggest how to make conclusions about content as to how canning
> might affect final levels.

The problem is that sardine is *always* canned along with oil (usually
olive), while herring is usually in brine. The point of doing that is to get
olive oil sardine confit. But this also means the canned version is
completely different from the non-canned version as far as pufa are
concerned.
I tried looking up on French sites, but they don't list these data either.
They list them along with the other fat fish and they are rich in omega-3,
but that's about all the information I could find.

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