albacore tuna vs yellowfin tuna ??

[edvedr]

have any of you ever heard of albacore tuna bein higher in protein than yellow fin?

albacore- 4oz steak is 36grams---thats 4oz cooked
yellow fin - 4 oz steak is 25grams---uncooked

i know cook vs uncooked could be the difference but tuna does not shrink much when cooked

[daved150]

Re: albacore tuna vs yellowfin tuna ??

actually, the yellow fin is uncooked, so you would think it would be higher in protien, not lower. but i have seen that before also ( albacore being better ).

[edvedr]

Re: albacore tuna vs yellowfin tuna ??

its a much smaller fish so it could be...and i was think cooked vs unccoked might matter csause after the yellow fin gets cooked it will be under 4oz

[daved150]

Re: albacore tuna vs yellowfin tuna ??

yea, good point. try www.oceanbeauty.com they have yellow at 23.4 grams /3.5oz raw
and albacore at 25.2 grams /3.5oz rae..not alot of diff. but, albacore is higher.

[edvedr]

Re: albacore tuna vs yellowfin tuna ??

hmmm it must be cause the albacore was 4oz cooked then...what yu posted is not much but the 11 grams sure as hell is

[daved150]

Re: albacore tuna vs yellowfin tuna ??

hmmm it must be cause the albacore was 4oz cooked then...what yu posted is not much but the 11 grams sure as hell is

welp, i agree. so, whats next...maybe we takle that iraqi, middle east, terrorist thing? what's ya think?

[T-Man007]

Re: albacore tuna vs yellowfin tuna ??

The reason the uncooked is lower is because the uncooked still includes water weight. When you take an 8 oz steak and cook it and then weigh it, it loses weight because the cooking process will dehydrate it some. Compare the protein/oz of beef jerky to steak, jerky is much higher.

Hope that clears it up.