🧾 What is it?
Giana Sardines in Vegetable Oil with Chilli 125 g are tinned sardines in sunflower oil with added chilli – a ready-to-eat tinned fish product that you can open and eat without any further preparation. This is a spicier version of classic sardines in oil.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
✔️ Ingredients:
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Common sardine (Sardina pilchardus) ~72 %
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Sunflower oil ~25 %
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Chilli ~2 %
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Table salt
⚠️ Allergens:
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Fish (sardines) — not suitable for people with a fish allergy.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
(values may vary between shops / batches; these are approximate labelled figures)
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~806 kJ / ~193 kcal |
| Fat | ~10.3 g |
| – of which saturated | ~2.7 g |
| Carbohydrates | < 0.5 g |
| – of which sugars | < 0.5 g |
| Protein | ~25 g |
| Salt | ~1.01 g |
🍽️ Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: spicy/hotter sardines thanks to the chilli – more pronounced than the classic version without chilli.
✔️ Texture: soft sardines coated in oil – easy to eat on their own or combine with other dishes.
📌 Recommended uses:
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🥪 On bread / toast – with a few vegetables and a squeeze of lemon.
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🥗 In salads – but be careful, the chilli adds a spicy kick.
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🍝 Add to pasta or rice for a quick lunch.
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🍽️ As a snack – just open and eat.
🧊 Storage
➡️ Before opening: store in a cool, dry place, away from direct light.
➡️ After opening: if you’re not using it straight away, transfer the contents to a sealable container and keep in the fridge; use as soon as possible.
💡 Tips for use
🍽️ Quick ideas
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Spicy sardine bruschetta: bread, sardines, a splash of lemon juice and rocket.
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Salad with chilli sardines: leaf salad + cherry tomatoes + chilli sardines + olive oil.
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Pasta with spicy fish: mix the sardines with pasta, garlic and chilli.
⚖️ Nutrition tips
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If you want fewer calories, you can drain off some of the oil.
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Leave the oil in if you want more energy and healthy fats – fish oil contains omega-3 fatty acids.
🧠 Summary
Giana Sardines in Vegetable Oil with Chilli 125 g are a spicy tinned sardine dish — easy, quick and with a more distinctive flavour thanks to the chilli. Great as a quick meal, a snack or an addition to salads and pasta dishes.