Season

Best for: skeptics and beginners · Price tier: budget-mid · Origin: Morocco canneries

Long-running US brand; one of the best-known skinless & boneless lines at grocery prices.

Mild, skinless & boneless fillets - the tin most often recommended to sardine skeptics.

The range

• Skinless & Boneless Sardines in Olive Oil
• Sardines in Water
• Sardines with Lemon & Herb lines

Packing style

Olive oil or water. Packing liquid matters more than most beginners expect: olive oil keeps fish silky and is the default recommendation on this site; water-packed tins are leaner and better for mashing into salads and pastas.

What it tastes like

Mild, clean fillets with almost no 'sardine' edge - the skeptic's tin.

Our flavour notes summarise each maker's own descriptions and published reviews.

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