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Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2011, 2, 759-763 759 doi:10.4236/fns.2011.27104 Published Online September 2011 (http://www.SciRP:journal/fns) Development and Validation of an Australian Database for Estimating the Seafood Content of Canned Products 1 1 2 1 Elizabeth P. Neale , Yasmine C. Probst , Marijka J. Batterham , Linda C. Tapsell 1Smart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia; 2Statistical Consulting Service, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. Email: epn579@.au Received May 17th, 2011; revised July 26th, 2011; accepted August 3rd, 2011. ABSTRACT Canned fish products are of increasing popularity in Australia; however current Australian nutrient databases do not include data on the percentage fish in these products. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a database of the percentage fish and seafood contained in common canned fish and seafood products, for use in clinical trials. Six major supermarkets in the Illawarra region, NSW were audited for canned seafood products, and a database of re- ported percentage fish and seafood was developed. Mean + SD of each type of product was then determined. To vali- date the database, a representative sample of canned tuna products were weighed according to Codex Alimentarius methods. The weighed percentage fish was compared to reported percentage via independent sample t-test and Mann-Whitney test. Percentage fish data was collected for n = 214 canned fish products. The mean percentage fish in tuna products was 60.4% + 11.3% (n = 144), 72.0% + 14.7% in salmon products (n = 31) and 70.9% + 9.3% in sar- dine products (n = 23). There was no significant difference between the reported and weighed percentage fish. This data