# Net weight

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-weight/497604>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 25, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-weight/497604 "2009-05-25T20:53:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-weight/497604/21 "2009-05-28T02:43:22Z")

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> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#):
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> When they cut the contents from 7 ounces to 6.5 ounces, they didn’t order new cans – they just used the ones they had, and the machinery they had for filling them – they just added more water.

Ah, yes, of course! A great way to raise the price without anyone noticing.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-weight/497604/22 "2009-05-28T04:37:00Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> Y’all are still buying tuna in cans? I stopped doing that once I had enough to make a goodly supply of [English muffins](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/english-muffins-recipe/index.html).
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> The pouches have, IMHO, much better flavor. (At least at the quality level I can afford.)

I am sure the cats would stage a revolt if we had regularly had tuna and no tuna juice was available for them. It would not be pretty. And I’m pretty sure the cats would win. :eek:

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-weight/497604/23 "2009-05-28T13:04:04Z")

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I’ve been eating Aldi’s canned tuna (in water), and it seems much more solid chunk than Chicken of the Sea or the other regular store brands. Not so much amorphous pre-masticated looking goo. And it’s 50 cents a can, or so. The cats won’t eat tuna or drink the juice, but the dogs will.

Last night I cooked chicken livers to entice the appetite of my congestive heart failure dog, and the cats all thought diced chicken liver was mighty fine. Except for Sabrina, who never likes meat.

StG

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-weight/497604/24 "2009-05-28T14:18:47Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I drained the water out of a 12 oz. tin of Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna and weighed the fish. 6-1/2 ounces. So I’d paid over a dollar for the water that went down the drain.

So you paid about half a fin for the can of tuna?

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