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Conservas Pinhais — Sardinhas em Azeite

The Portuguese sardine the others are measured against. Hand-canned in Matosinhos since 1920, paper-wrapped, and unmistakably the artisan benchmark.

9.3 / 10 Conservas Pinhais

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Wildfish Cannery

Wildfish Cannery — Smoked King Salmon

America's small-batch artisan tin. Sitka, Alaska — alder-smoked king salmon, hand-packed, the closest the US gets to Iberian-tier intentionality.

9.0 / 10 salmon USA $22

Espinaler

Espinaler — Berberechos al Natural

The canonical Catalan aperitivo tin. Plump, briny cockles from a 1896 Vilassar de Mar institution that started life as a bar and never quite stopped being one.

8.8 / 10 cockle Spain $16

Don Bocarte

Don Bocarte — Cantabrian Anchovies in Olive Oil

Don Bocarte is the cult premium Cantabrian anchovy — hand-filleted, aged 18+ months, stunning to look at. At $32 a tin, it is also the most expensive anchovy you can easily buy in America. The question this review answers is whether it should be.

8.6 / 10 anchovy Spain $32

Patagonia Provisions

Patagonia Provisions — Roasted Garlic Smoked Jack Mackerel

Pacific jack mackerel is more nutritious than tuna, more interesting than salmon, and almost completely ignored by American pantry cooks. Patagonia Provisions is making the case to change that.

8.5 / 10 mackerel USA $9

José Gourmet

José Gourmet — Spiced Small Sardines in Olive Oil

A tin that earns its price twice over: once for the illustrated sleeve that belongs on a shelf, and once for the clove-and-chili-kissed sardines inside.

8.9 / 10 sardine Portugal $11

Nuri

Nuri — Spiced Sardines in Olive Oil

The best seven dollars in the category. Nuri's spiced sardines deliver real Portuguese hand-packing and a gentle chili warmth at a price that makes them a pantry staple rather than a treat. The tin most likely to make you a tinned-fish person.

8.3 / 10 sardine Portugal $7

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