How Much Protein in a Can of Tuna? Real Labels Compared
Chapters
- Twenty-Two Grams
- The USDA Baseline
- Four Kinds of Can
- Six Labels, Six Numbers
- The Rest of the Panel
- Your Turn
Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.
Compare protein on canned tuna labels
How much protein is in a can of tuna? About 20 grams for a drained five ounce can of light tuna per USDA FoodData Central, 22 to 29 on the Bumble Bee labels we checked, and 36 on Safe Catch Elite's own label (as of October 2026). Here is why the numbers differ.
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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Safe Catch Elite Wild Tuna — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 Twenty-Two Grams
0:23 The USDA Baseline
0:56 Four Kinds of Can
1:41 Six Labels, Six Numbers
2:38 The Rest of the Panel
3:17 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.
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