What is
it?
This salad is a ready-to-eat, sterilised dish combining skipjack tuna, pulses (beans) and vegetables – ready to eat straight away without cooking, as a quick snack, a light lunch or part of a cold dinner.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
✔️ Main ingredients:
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White beans ~31 %
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Chunks of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) ~26 %
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Green beans ~10 %
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Carrots ~9 %
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Red peppers ~4 %
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Black olives ~3 %
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Sunflower oil
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Table salt
⚠️ Allergens:
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Fish – contains tuna (major allergen).
📊 Nutritional values (approximate per 100 g)
| Nutritional component | Value |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~966 kJ / ~261 kcal |
| Fat | ~17 g |
| – of which saturated | ~1.9 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~6.6 g |
| – of which sugars | ~0.9 g |
| Protein | ~12 g |
| Salt | ~1.1 g |
| *(Values based on available data for this type of salad.) |
➡️ Thanks to its tuna and pulses, this salad is a good source of protein, whilst also providing energy and fats from the oil, which are typical of tinned salads.
🍽️ Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: a combination of the delicate flavour of tuna with slightly sweet vegetables and beans – a fresh and heartier texture.
✔️ Texture: soft beans and vegetables with tender pieces of tuna and an oily dressing.
Recommended uses:
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🥪 On bread / a baguette: open the tin and spread onto bread or a baguette.
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🥗 Cold salad: serve as is or with added fresh vegetables (e.g. cucumber, tomato).
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🍛 Lunch on the go: handy packaging for a quick and nutritious lunch without any cooking.
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🧳 For camping / picnics: easy to use with no preparation required.
🧊 Storage
➡️ Before opening: store in a cool, dark place at room temperature.
➡️ After opening: transfer any leftovers to a sealable container, keep chilled (~+4 °C) and consume within 1–2 days.
🧠 Summary
Franz Josef Kaiser Exclusive Tuna Salad with Mixed Beans 160 g is a ready-to-eat, protein-rich salad that combines tuna with beans and vegetables in a handy pack. It’s ready to eat straight away and is ideal as a quick meal, snack or salad topping.
💡 Tip: If you’d like the salad to be lighter and less oily, you can briefly rinse it in a sieve under cold water – this will reduce some of the fat and salt, whilst still retaining the flavour.
