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Tired Of Tuna Salad? This Canned Fish Switch Provides A More Luxurious Texture And Taste By Ellery Weil Dec. 6, 2025 10:00 pm EST

Whether you like it as a sandwich, on a plate over lettuce, or in a wrap, tuna salad is a lunchtime classic and a light supper staple. However, maybe after one too many batches, even with variations on the classic tuna salad , you're just plain tired of eating it. What to do? Well, there's another canned fish on the block, and it's the luxurious cousin to canned tuna, perfect for a seafood salad upgrade: canned mackerel. Mackerel is fattier than tuna, has a richer flavor, and a smoother texture that takes canned fish dishes up a notch.

Due to its higher fat content, canned mackerel has a different flavor profile than canned tuna,

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