Flower Brand Spiced Sardines (Olive Oil) 4.38 oz, Wild-Caught from Morocco, High Protein, Keto&Gluten Free Food, Keto Snacks, Canned Food Bulk Sardines in Oil (Pack of 5)

These are the tastiest sardines I’ve ever had. The fish are a very good size. I didn’t notice any bones. Maybe this is why they are slightly dry, but not enough to deduct a star. They are packed in olive oil and infused with delicious spices. In the tin with the fish was whole cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf, red chile pepper, a slice of carrot and a slice of what looks like a jalapeno. These combine to make a delicious, spicy marinade and give the sardines a delicious flavor. Not hot, just a really nice flavor. These will be my new go-to sardine brand. I had one brand, Chicken of the Sea, that were awful. These are nothing like that brand.

Pretty good and spicy

I bought these to compare to Nuri's Spiced Sardines which are like the industry standard for quality and value. I think on Amazon these are a bit too expensive and would recommend shelling out the extra dollar for a tin of Nuri's. Currently with 5 sardines for $18 that's $3.60 while Nuris if you buy them in a 10 pack are roughly $4.60. I think these are quite a solid contender against Nuri's if you can find them locally or cheaper. I've purchased them at specific markets for like $2 and at that price I'd be eating them more frequently. On the sardines themselves; they can have the occasional scale so be careful. They aren't the most visually appealing tin but I don't judge a book by its cover. The oil is pretty well flavored but unlike Nuri's I don't think I'd sop it up with bread. It does have a good flavor, I wouldn't say they are too spicy even as a midwesterner. The fish has a pretty good texture and holds together well. They aren't unpleasantly fishy, with a clean smell, and are nicely meaty. I found the cans easy to open but it's very rare for me to meet a tin I have trouble with. Overall they're an above average sardine! I would never turn down a tin of Flower's sardines but if shopping on amazon I would pay the extra $1 a tin and go for Nuri's.

If you’ve found this review, you are probably asking yourself, “How are these compared to the Nuri spiced?”. Flower packs a boat load of flavor in this tin at a very reasonable price. The clove, bay leaf, and hot pepper come through nice and strong, but still in balance with each other. Watch out for that errant clove pushed into a fish like a tack, it'll ruin your day if you find it the hard way. The oil is good, not on par with the gold standard brands, but it doesn’t matter as much with heavily spiced tins like these. When opened, you’ll find a tightly packed tin of classic Moroccan sardines. They are roughed up, and will be a disappointment if you are looking for that perfect silvery skin and careful packing you’ll find standard in most Portuguese tins. The fish are firm, but just a touch dry to my taste. Texturally, they tend to crumble more than flake, and expect them to break easily upon removal from the tin. If you’re eating on bread or adding to a salad, that’s not really a problem at all. Size is just about perfect, almost always 4 to a tin. Now the real question, are they a Nuri? No, they’re not in the same league. Are they half as good as Nuri? No, they’re much better than that, especially when price gets factored in. These live somewhere in the middle, and that’s not at all a bad place to be. These get a solid buy recommendation from me and deserve at least a shot to find a permanent spot in your pantry. They’ve got one in ours.

Delicious, mildly spiced, lot of flavor.

They're ok. Nothing bad stands out, but nothing really stands out about them. I consume a lot of sardines and other tinned fish. I always have Season/King Oscar/Fishwife/Brunswick/WildPlanet and a couple others in my "sardine cabinet". Yeh, I eat enough to warrant a special cupboard all for my fishies. I especially love when the sardine is spicy which is why I got these to try. They are super low level spicy, just barely there to me. Not enough flavor for what all is listed. Ingredients: Fish, Olive Oil, Spices (Chile Pepper (Piri-piri), Bay, Clove, Peppercorn), Carrot, Gherkin, Salt Texture and overall taste is fine just sort of blah. Again, nothing bad that concerns me. Seems fresh and I dont see anything worth mentioning. If you like very bland sardines, these may pique your interest. I happen to have enough experience in sardine consumption that these are likely not a repurchase unless there was a sale too good to pass up.

These are delicious! I have ordered them several times and if you enjoy spicy food and canned fish these are "the goods". Carefully packed in Morocco, each can has a bay-leaf, peppercorn and thin red spicy pepper in the good quality olive oil with several firm fish. Consistently good quality at a fair price.

I love Nuri Sardines, but these are as good as the Nuri's and cost less.