We all insist on buying sardines in oil for the taste, when it’s what that oil quietly pulls out of the fish that ends up in the bin
That golden oil clinging to your canned sardines isn’t just flavoring—it’s a reservoir of omega-3 fatty acids that migrates from the fish during heat processing. Most people drain it away, unknowingly tossing out the very nutrients they bought the tin for. The solution is simpler than you think.