LPT: There are at least three different species sold as canned tuna in the US, and they all taste very different.
LPT: There are at least three different species sold as canned tuna in the US, and they all taste very different. I learned this from a cooking YouTuber recently. I never really appreciated the difference between canned tuna varieties in the US, but have subsequently been trying them to confirm the differences.
“Light tuna” comes from a species called skipjack tuna, and has a very strong fishy flavor. “White tuna,” also known as albacore, has an extremely ...