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Canned Fish and Meat

USDA's branded food database lists 59 canned fish and meat products; the median has 145 calories, 0.6 g of sugars, 16.6 g of protein and 480 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Products as manufacturers categorize them when they submit to USDA.

How canned fish and meat products are spread

Half of all canned fish and meat products have between 0 g and 3.6 g of sugars per 100 g

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Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories108145211
Sugars0 g0.6 g3.6 g
Protein11.8 g16.6 g21.1 g
Sodium344 mg480 mg1,002 mg
Saturated fat0.5 g1.7 g3.0 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*1 of 592%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving34 of 5958%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*3 of 595%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving30 of 5852%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most canned fish and meat products

BrandProducts
Sealord17
Daily Foods4
Woolworths3
Mr. Number One3
Tcf2
Old Fisherman2
Ligo2
Holland House2

Every canned fish and meat product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov