- Crown Prince Sardines in Tomato Sauce, 7.5-Oz Cans, 12 Pack

ADVANTAGES: (1)Because no vegetable oil is added, we are being served just sardines (with skin and soft bones) with tomato paste and salt. Despite the salt, that's an extremely healthy combination. (2)The fat from the sardines plus the salt is enough to make it taste moderately good. No, it doesn't taste as super-delicious as herring fillets with added vegetable oil but it's healthier because it has less calories. (3)The price is extremely good. These high-quality sardines are a wild-caught product of Thailand. (4)If you "subscribe" to buy these sardines, then you will not only save even more money but it will arrive very fast with free shipping. (5)The can opens easily with a can opener. No need to worry about splatter. DISADVANTAGES: (1)Yes, each can contains about 3 to 10 scales from the skin of the sardines. They are thin, perfectly flat circles about the size of a Roosevelt dime or smaller. You can either spit them out or swallow them. (2)Too much sodium. The people of Thailand love to eat lots of rice and might see Americans eating these canned sardines with rice. However, the vast majority of us would prefer to eat these canned sardines for our health directly out of the can without rice. We would prefer this product with about one-third less salt.

This sardines are the perfect size and the tomato sauce is tasty and not overpowering. This Is the second time I buy them and since they come in dozens I shared some with friends and they all loved them. Perfect to eat with crackers or with rice.

Very tasty. Good value.

I don't really like the added tomato sauce but some people add something to cover the taste of the sardines but i enjoy the taste. The tomato sauce adds carbohydrates to the mix and that is my biggest complaint but they are very inexpensive compared to alot of other sardines. I cannot understand why one company charges twice as much for the same little fishy but you just are buying the basic same little fishy. They may add tomato sauce or hot sauce or mustard or olive oil or water but the fishy is still a fishy and sardines are very low in mercury too.

Great flavor and high quality product.

For those who like canned fish in tomato sause - highly recommened.

I've only openned one can so far and I haven't actually bought a can of sardines for decades, but saw these on a deal site and had a hankerin'. I used to buy sardines in tomato sauce as a treat when I was young/kid. Yes, strange kid. Love sushi now too! Well I openned the can and was greatly surprised to what appeared to be a can of only sauce until I noticed sardine shaped bump. I litterally had to blindly dig around in the can to find the 4-5 3"x1"x.5" sardines in the tomato sauce. This was nothing like I remembered where the can was packed with sardines and a coating of tomato sauce. I'm not sure I bought this brand decades ago, the can was shaped the same, but either way, the can contained way to much sauce. Upon fishing the sardine out, the sauce left in the can was still up 40-50% the way up the side of the can, which is rediculous. It's not like I'm going to put this over spaghetti! The sardines and sauce tasted decent.

The sauce on these is thick, not hot, mellower than just straight tomato sauce. Compliments the staste of sardines. These are big fellas, not the little slim ones, though they taste really good.