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The Tin Guide

The American guide to the world’s best tinned fish. Reviewed. Ranked. Recommended.

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Conservas Ortiz — Cantabrian Anchovies in Olive Oil

The benchmark American anchovy. Hand-filleted, salt-cured the better part of two years, and packed in a pale, restrained oil that lets the fish do the talking. If you have only ever met the anchovy as pizza-truck pungency, start your education here.

9.4 / 10 Conservas Ortiz
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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
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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
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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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Fishwife

Fishwife — Smoked Atlantic Salmon

The most photogenic tin in the category, and — surprise — one of the most competent. Behind the much-discussed label is a genuinely good smoked salmon: confident smoke, clean oil, and a texture that survives the tin better than it has any right to.

8.7 / 10 salmon USA / Galicia sourced $14

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