I've been wanting to do a side-by-side comparison of Nuri and Pinhais for a while, and breakfast today was the right tine to do it. Labels and cans are very similar; nutritional facts are identical. The Nuri oil was slightly darker in color, but the two oils tasted the same.
Pinhais contained 4 chonky, beautiful pilchards. Nuri contained 5 slightly smaller, slightly less beautiful pilchards (though other cans I've had previously were prettier).
I tried hard to find distinctions, but they tasted identical to me (I'm sometimes a purist, and I enjoyed these without any sauce or condiments to appreciate the straight-up, dine flavor…nom, nom). Eyes closed, I would not be able to tell the difference at all.
The main difference is the price: At Rainbow Tomatoes Garden, Nuri is $7, Pinhais is $9.50. My understanding is that Pinhais is sold in Portugal (or Europe?), while Nuri is mostly exported.
by Grouchy-Cat1584
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You got it right. Both are produced by the same parent company but Pinhaus is for Portuguese consumption (and some select international markets). Nuri is the widely loved exported brand.
They’re essentially the same thing
I love a good side by side.
Boy howdy!
Interesting. Where do these fall in terms of fishiness?
I took the Pinhais tour two days ago and if i understood them correctly, they said that the main difference is that the ones sold as Pinhais contain sardines from the waters immediately around Porto, and Nuri are from fishing grounds elsewhere off the coast of Portugal. They claim the quality of the fish is the same and didn’t explain further why they make that distinction.