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Behind @tuscaninifoods9840 Tuna
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Ever wonder who is behind your favorite can of tuna? Three generations of experience and passion for making to be exact. Cheers from a little town in Calabria, Italy! And remember, the more you taste, the more you know!
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[music]
>> You wonder who he is. This is Giacinto.
>> [music]
>> Third generation of the famous
tuna that you can see all over. Where am
I? I'm in Calabria in a town called
>> Pizzo.
>> First of all, congratulations for the
pronunciation of my name. It was right,
Giacinto. I'm Giacinto Callipo and I'm
the fifth generation of the Callipo tuna
company.
>> As I knew it until now as Tastini in New
York.
>> Pizzo where the company was founded in
1914 by my great-great-grandfather.
>> [music]
>> And since then, we are still here
producing in a very
aiming at the top quality tuna in the
world.
>> As you can see probably on the other
videos
>> [music]
>> that everything is almost handmade.
They pick it
and they put it into the cans. What is
this tuna called? The
>> It's called yellowfin tuna and
uh it's hand-packed as as you as you
saw.
>> [music]
>> And there are many many workers in our
in our plant. We are about 220
people. Most of them are women.
>> [music]
>> And their main goal is to produce the
canned and also the jar the fillets of
tuna in the glass jar.
>> So for somebody that eats tuna until now
but it's not big on yellowfin, what's
the difference between the regular tuna
that you buy in the
store versus your quality?
>> Well, the in you can find different
species. The most popular one is the
skipjack
and the yellowfin. Yellowfin is known
for better meats, better quality of of
this meat. And then [music] the
difference is made by the process. How
you
how you cook it, how you clean it.
>> Your secret sauces that they didn't let
me in.
>> I cannot I cannot share with you.
>> So does it help actually that you add
the olive oil into the can and you leave
it for a certain time?
>> It really helps. It's a completely
different product product from day one
after production and day let's say 60.
So, time improves
make it better.
>> Everything.
>> Yes.
>> I'm learning as I get older that time
fixes
>> Not only for wine, but also for tuna,
cheeses, and many other products.
>> Arguments.
>> Arguments, yeah.
>> So, would you be upset if somebody takes
your tuna and puts in a commercial
mayonnaise on it?
>> Uh well, I would give
some advice to better enjoy it.
>> Like how?
>> Like how? Just slicing a
fresh tomato, some basil, and just
taking out the
the tuna fillet and have it
plain.
>> You know the rule. The more we taste,
the more we know. [music]