Skipjack Wild Tuna

Name: Skipjack Wild Tuna
Brand: Wild Planet

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Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Wild Planet Skipjack Tuna (water pack)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Mercury181 ppbof 2 ppb

Over the limit — 91×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Skipjack Wild Tuna No Salt Added

Ingredients · 2

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Common questions

Is Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna healthy?

Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna scores 16/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Wild Planet Skipjack Tuna (water pack). It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna?

Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna lists 2 ingredients, starting with Sea Salt and Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus Pelamis) (Fish). Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna?

Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna compare to other canned goods?

At 16/100 Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna scores worse than most canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is Trader Joe's Organic Garbanzo Beans Made with Sea Salt at 98/100.

Is Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna organic?

Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna is not certified organic in our data.

Has Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Skipjack tuna with or without sea salt, no oil) with the other products in its family, Wild Planet Skipjack Tuna (water pack), and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna contain heavy metals?

Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected mercury at 181 ppb against a 2 ppb limit in Skipjack Wild Tuna No Salt Added. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.