Household Ingredients Compared › Canned Sardines (Singapore)
Sardines look simple — fish in a can — but the sauce is the product. Plain sardines in oil are fish, oil and salt. Sardines in tomato sauce range from fish + tomato paste + salt + a thickener, to a sweetened, chilli-spiked sauce with palm oil and garlic. And “brisling” sardines are a different, smaller fish, usually smoked before canning. This page separates them by sauce, and does not give a health score.
| Product | Sauce / liquid | Added sugar? | Notable flags | Pack size (as printed) | Country of manufacture (as printed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayam Sardines in Tomato Sauce Light 155g/425g | Tomato | No | Xanthan gum only thickener | 155g (also 425g Oval) | not stated |
| Ayam Sardines in Tomato Sauce 230g (OFF SG) | Tomato | No | Sardines, tomato paste, salt, xanthan gum | 230g | not stated |
| Ayam Sardines in Spicy Lime | Tomato + lime/chilli | Yes — sugar | Lime flavour (soya in allergen note) | 425g | not stated |
| Ayam Sardines in Tomato Sauce with Chilli 155g | Tomato + chilli | Yes — sugar | Sustainable palm oil, garlic | 155g | not stated |
| Ayam Sardines in Teriyaki Sauce | Teriyaki (soy/oyster) | Yes — sugar (in sauces) | Gluten, molluscs, soya | not stated | not stated |
| Ayam Brisling in Tomato Sauce | Tomato sauce | Yes — sugar (in sauce) | Smoked brisling | 105g | not stated |
| Ayam Sardines – Extra Virgin Olive Oil | EVOO | No | Fish, EVOO, salt | 120g | not stated |
| Ayam Brisling in Extra Virgin Olive Oil | EVOO | No | Smoked brisling, EVOO, salt | 105g | not stated |
| Stock Merchant EVOO Sardines (Little Farms) | Organic EVOO | No | 70.8% sardines, 28% EVOO | 120g | Australia |
| Stock Merchant Smoked Sardines (Little Farms) | Organic EVOO, smoked | No | Natural smoked flavour 0.3% | 120g | Australia |
| Ortiz Sardines in Olive Oil 190g (Little Farms) | Olive oil | No | Pilchard, olive oil, sea salt | 190g | Spain |
| Ortiz Old Style Sardines 140g (Little Farms) | Olive oil | No | Pilchard, olive oil, sea salt | 140g | Spain |
| Ayam Sardines in EVOO & Green Peppercorn 120g | EVOO + green peppercorn | No | Sardines, EVOO, water, green peppercorns, salt | 120g | not stated |
| Ayam Sardines in EVOO & Chilli 120g | EVOO + chilli | No | Sardines, EVOO, water, chilli, salt | 120g | not stated |
| La Belle-iloise Sardines in Olive Oil 115g (Little Farms) | Extra virgin olive oil | No | Sardines 80%, EVOO 18.8%, salt | 115g | France |
| La Belle-iloise Sardines in Lemon & Olive Oil 115g (Little Farms) | EVOO + lemon | No | Sardines 73%, EVOO 18.5%, lemon 7.3%, salt | 115g | France |
| Del Monte Sardines in Tomato Sauce (Japan) 100g | Tomato | No | Fish, water, tomato paste, salt, thickener, natural flavour | 100g | Japan |
| Del Monte Sardines in Teriyaki Sauce (Japan) 100g | Teriyaki (soy) | Yes — sugar | Kikkoman soy sauce, sugar, ginger juice | 100g | Japan |
| Del Monte Sardines in Miso Sauce (Japan) 100g | Miso | Yes — sugar | Shinshu miso, sugar, corn starch, ginger juice | 100g | Japan |
| Del Monte Sardines in Lemon Sauce (Japan) 100g | Lemon | Yes — sugar | Sugar, E621/E635, lemon juice, black pepper; salt 1.9g/100g | 100g | Japan |
| Del Monte Sardines in Chilli Oil (Japan) 100g | Chilli oil | No | Canola oil, chilli pepper, chilli pepper extract | 100g | Japan |
Re-audit 5 November 2026: 4 products added (Ayam EVOO & Green Peppercorn and EVOO & Chilli from the Ayam Brand Singapore official site; La Belle-iloise Olive Oil and Lemon & Olive Oil from EU/brand-retailer listings that agree, flagged as non-SG), taking panelled products from 12 to 16. Update 5 November 2026 (Stephen spot-check): Del Monte 'Made in Japan' sardines — 5 flavours, all 100g, sold at FairPrice and RedMart — added below, taking panelled products from 16 to 21. All five lists are from Del Monte Asia's Singapore site (and, for Lemon, Open Food Facts Singapore, barcode 8887333010263). The Green Peppercorn ingredient panel resolves the old gap — its nutrition row was already on the page. This page is still not 100% complete: King Cup sardines (sold in Singapore via Shopee sellers) still have no verifiable ingredient list — only recipes and descriptions were found — and the La Belle-iloise Tomato & Sunflower Oil, Marinated White Sardines, Hellas Meze and Stock Merchant MSC-in-water sardines remain unverified; Giant/Sheng Siong/Cold Storage/Donki ranges still need an in-store check. Del Monte's non-Japan sardines (Teriyaki/Miso/Tomato without 'Japan' on Del Monte Asia's site) are not added — no Singapore sale confirmed for them.
Prices are deliberately not shown.
Pack size: 155g (also 425g Oval) · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Wild caught sardines fish, water, tomato paste, salt, xanthan gum. Contains fish.
Ayam Brand Singapore official site; the 425g Oval listing carries the same list. “Light” here is described by Ayam as reduced salt (brand claim). Ayam states its sardines contain no preservatives, no added MSG and no GMOs. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 230g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardines, tomato paste, salt, thickener (xanthan gum). Allergens: Fish
Open Food Facts Singapore listing (also: wild caught sardines, water, tomato paste, salt, vegetable gum in a second OFF listing — same ingredients, “vegetable gum” vs “xanthan gum” wording). The difference is wording, not a different recipe: xanthan gum is a vegetable gum. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 425g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Wild caught sardines fish, water, tomato paste, sugar, dried chilli, salt, lime flavour, thickener (xanthan gum). Contains fish, soya.
Ayam Brand Singapore official site. Note the allergen line says “soya” even though soya does not appear as a named ingredient — it comes from the lime flavour system (USDA listing for the same product gives “natural lime flavor (contains soy lecithin)”). Check the can if soya matters to you. Allergens: fish, soya Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 155g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Wild caught sardine fish (55%), water, tomato paste (4%), sugar, chilli (2%), garlic, salt, sustainable palm oil, thickener (INS 415).
Ayam Brand Malaysia official listing (INS 415 is xanthan gum). This is the SG-sold 155g chilli can's list as found on the Malaysian official site and Shopee SG seller listings with the same percentages — the SG official site page for this exact variant was not retrieved, so it is flagged as a Malaysia-official list for the SG-sold can, not an SG pack transcription. A second Malaysian listing for a 425g “Spicy Tomato Sauce” variant gives a different list (55% sardines, tomato paste 4.2%, chilli 3.1%, onion, palm oil, tamarind, salt, chilli powder, garlic, xanthan gum, no water/sugar named) — that is a different variant, not a conflict for this 155g can. Allergen: fish Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Fried sardines fish (sardines fish, palm oil), water, soy sauce (soybean, wheat, sugar, salt, water), sugar, oyster sauce (water, sugar, salt, oyster extract, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, rice flour, food acids (acetic acid, lactic acid), caramel, yeast extract, oyster flavor), guar gum, salt. Allergens: Gluten, Molluscs, Soybeans
Open Food Facts listing. The sardines are fried in palm oil before saucing — the only fried-fish panel on this page. Added sugar: sugar
Stephen spotted these at FairPrice on 4 November 2026 — they were missing from the page until this update. Del Monte Asia's Singapore site describes them as premium Japanese sardines, manufactured in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyushu, in 100g easy-open cans, in five flavours: Tomato Sauce, Chilli Oil, Teriyaki Sauce, Miso and Lemon Sauce. FairPrice lists Lemon, Miso and Teriyaki; the full range is also on RedMart and Shopee Singapore. All five ingredient lists below are from Del Monte Asia's Singapore site, except Lemon, whose list is quoted from Open Food Facts Singapore for the same can (barcode 8887333010263, countries sold: Singapore, origin: Japan) — the two sources agree on the Lemon list's contents. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 100g · Made in: Japan (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardine fish, water, tomato paste, salt, thickener, natural flavour
Del Monte Asia Singapore. Uses Portuguese tomato paste, described as naturally sweet with less acidity. No added sugar in the list — the shortest Del Monte list on this page. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 100g · Made in: Japan (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardine fish, water, soy sauce, sugar, ginger juice, salt
Del Monte Asia Singapore. Uses Kikkoman soy sauce made in Japan. Allergen: fish Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 100g · Made in: Japan (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardine fish, water, miso, sugar, corn starch, salt, ginger juice, thickener
Del Monte Asia Singapore. Made with Shinshu miso. Allergen: fish Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 100g · Made in: Japan (as printed)
Ingredients: SARDINE FISH, WATER, SUGAR, SEASONING (THICKENER (E1400), TREHALOSE, FLAVOUR ENHANCER (E621), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, ACIDITY REGULATOR (E330), LEMON JUICE, PEPPER, SALT), VINEGAR, SALT, LEMON JUICE, ACIDITY REGULATOR (E330), FLAVOUR ENHANCER (E621, E635), BLACK PEPPER
Open Food Facts Singapore (barcode 8887333010263), corroborated by Del Monte Asia Singapore's product page for the same flavour. The longest list on this page — sugar, trehalose, MSG (E621) and ribonucleotide (E635) all appear, and the nutrition row below is the saltiest on the page. Allergen: fish Added sugar: sugar, trehalose
Pack size: 100g · Made in: Japan (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardine fish, canola oil, water, salt, chilli pepper, chili pepper extract.
Del Monte Asia Singapore. The only Del Monte flavour packed in oil rather than a sauce, and the only one with no added sugar. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 105g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Natural Smoked Wild Caught Brisling Sardines Fish, Tomato Sauce (Water, Tomato Puree, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Sugar, Waxy Maize Starch, Vinegar)
FairPrice ingredient section. The tomato sauce here is a fuller sauce (with sunflower oil, sugar, starch, vinegar) than the plain tomato-sardine list above. Allergen: fish Added sugar: sugar (in sauce)
Pack size: 105g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Natural Smoked Wild Caught Brisling Sardines Fish, Extra Virgin Olive Oil Salt
FairPrice ingredient section, as printed (no comma between oil and salt in the listing). Allergen: fish
Pack size: 120g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardines Fish, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt
FairPrice ingredient section. The plainest oil-sardine list on the page. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 120g · Made in: Australia (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardines (Fish) (70.8%), organic extra virgin olive oil (28%), salt
Little Farms product page. Wild-caught North Atlantic, MSC certified (brand/listing claims). Allergen: fish Via: Little Farms
Pack size: 120g · Made in: Australia (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardines (Fish) (70.8%), Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (27.7%), Natural Smoked Flavour (0.3%), Salt
Little Farms product page. Same base as the plain EVOO sardines, plus smoked flavour — not a different fish. The “Spicy Sardines in EVOO” listing at Little Farms carries the same list (the page text describes them as “Smoky Style” — the listing title and description do not fully agree, so the smoked list above is the one quoted). Allergen: fish Via: Little Farms
Pack size: 190g · Made in: Spain (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardines (Sardina Pilchardus), olive oil, sea salt
Little Farms product page. Hand-cleaned, fried in olive oil, Cantabrian Sea, Basque Country processing (listing description). Allergen: fish Via: Little Farms
Pack size: 140g · Made in: Spain (as printed)
Ingredients: Sardines (Sardina pilchardus), olive oil, sea salt
Little Farms product page. Same three ingredients as the 190g jar — “Old Style” is a preparation style (hand-cleaned, slow-cooked), not a different ingredient list, on the evidence retrieved. Allergen: fish Via: Little Farms
Pack size: 120g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Wild caught sardines fish, extra virgin olive oil, water, green peppercorns, salt. Contains fish.
Ayam Brand Singapore official site. This closes the gap named in the previous version — the full list was retrieved this time. Its nutrition row was already on this page. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 120g · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients: Wild caught sardines fish, extra virgin olive oil, water, chilli, salt. Contains fish.
Ayam Brand Singapore official site. Same base as the green-peppercorn can, with chilli instead of peppercorns. Allergen: fish
Pack size: 115g · Made in: France (as printed)
Ingredients (EU/brand-retailer listings, agreeing): Sardines (80%), extra virgin olive oil (18.8%), salt.
La Belle-iloise Saint-Georges recipe, sold at Little Farms Singapore. The lists from the brand's own site, Galaxus and other EU retailers agree on 80% sardines / 18.8% EVOO / salt. Not an SG pack transcription — verify on the SG tin before publishing. Nutrition per 100g from the same listings: energy 250 kcal, fat 17g, saturated fat 3.4g, carbohydrate 0g, sugars 0g, protein 23g, salt 1g — see the nutrition table. Allergen: fish Via: Little Farms
Pack size: 115g · Made in: France (as printed)
Ingredients (EU retailer listings, agreeing): Sardines (73%), extra virgin olive oil (18.5%), lemon (7.3%), salt.
Sold at Little Farms Singapore. Not an SG pack transcription — verify on the SG tin before publishing. Allergen: fish Via: Little Farms
How to read this table. Figures are per 100 g (or per 100 ml for beer) only where the source gives per-100 figures. Where a source gives per-serving figures only, the row is quoted exactly as printed and the Basis column says “per serving, not per 100 g/ml” — those rows are not converted to per-100 and must not be compared gram-for-gram with per-100 rows. “Not stated” means the source retrieved did not give that column; it is not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. Salt = sodium × 2.5, so the Sodium column shows sodium as printed with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not salt, and salt is not sodium.
Most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is therefore not labelled “added sugar” here; the ingredient list on the page remains the evidence for whether sugar (or sucrose, glucose syrup, cane sugar) was added. No Nutri-Grade is assigned here and no health score, ranking or “best/worst” verdict is given — the numbers below are observations only, and the highest/lowest figures named in the text are just that: the highest and lowest numbers observed in this table.
All rows below are per 100 g as printed. As with tuna, the Ayam panels do not state drained vs total contents, so that basis is not assumed. The 425 g tomato row is an Ayam Australia listing for the non-Light can, not the Singapore Light panel — it is labelled as such and its missing columns are not filled from the Light panel.
| Product | Basis | Energy | Protein | Total fat | Saturated fat | Carbohydrate | Sugars | Sodium (salt equiv.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayam Brand Sardines in Tomato Sauce Light 155g (Singapore) | Per 100 g, as sold; drained vs total contents not stated | 146 kcal | 15.5 g | 8.2 g | 3.0 g | 2.6 g | 1.1 g (total sugars) | 213 mg (salt 0.53 g) |
| Ayam Brand Sardines in Tomato Sauce with Chilli 155g (Malaysia official list for the SG-sold can) | Per 100 g, as sold; drained vs total contents not stated | 192 kcal | 16.8 g | 12.2 g | 4.7 g | 2.5 g | 2.5 g (total sugars) | 411 mg (salt 1.03 g) |
| Ayam Brand Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil 120g (Singapore) | Per 100 g, as sold; drained vs total contents not stated | 187 kcal | 23.4 g | 10.3 g | 2.9 g | 0.1 g | Not stated | 257 mg (salt 0.64 g) |
| Ayam Brand Sardines in Tomato Sauce 425g (Australia listing, non-Light can) | Per 100 g, as sold; drained vs total contents not stated | 132 kcal (552 kJ) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | 0 g | 372 mg (salt 0.93 g) |
| Ayam Brand Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Green Peppercorn 120g (Singapore) | Per 100 g, as sold; drained vs total contents not stated | 198 kcal | 23.0 g | 11.8 g | 3.5 g | Not stated | Not stated | 362 mg (salt 0.91 g) |
| La Belle-iloise Sardines in Olive Oil 115g (EU/brand-retailer listings for the Little Farms tin) | Per 100 g, as sold | 250 kcal | 23 g | 17 g | 3.4 g | 0 g | 0 g (total sugars) | 400 mg calculated from printed salt 1 g (salt 1 g) |
| Del Monte Sardines in Lemon Sauce (Japan) 100g (Open Food Facts Singapore) | Per 100 g, as sold; 1 can = 100 g | 86 kcal (360 kJ) | 13.7 g | 1.4 g | 0 g | 4.6 g | 4.6 g (total sugars) | 761 mg calculated from printed salt 1.9 g (salt 1.9 g) |
Sugar/sodium observations (numbers only): total sugars in this table range from 0 g per 100 g (Ayam Tomato Sauce 425 g, Australia listing) to 4.6 g per 100 g (Del Monte Lemon Sauce); sodium ranges from 213 mg per 100 g (Ayam Tomato Sauce Light) to 761 mg per 100 g (Del Monte Lemon Sauce, calculated from printed salt 1.9 g). Sugars are not stated for the two extra-virgin-olive-oil rows in the Ayam tables retrieved.
Seen but not verified (nutrition) — the following panelled products have no verified nutrition panel in this pass, so no figures are shown for them. Do not estimate or borrow figures from another variant:
Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: FairPrice ingredient sections (Ayam EVOO, Ayam Brisling Tomato/EVOO); Ayam Brand Singapore official site (Tomato Light, Spicy Lime); Ayam Brand Malaysia official site (Tomato with Chilli); Open Food Facts Singapore (Tomato 230g, Teriyaki); Little Farms product pages (Stock Merchant EVOO/Smoked, Ortiz Olive Oil/Old Style). Channels checked: FairPrice (incl. Finest/Xtra/Online), Cold Storage, Giant, Sheng Siong, Don Don Donki, Mustafa, Meidi-Ya, Le Petit Depot, RedMart, Lazada, Shopee Singapore, Little Farms. Del Monte 'Made in Japan' lists added 5 Nov 2026 from Del Monte Asia Singapore and Open Food Facts Singapore (Lemon). Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes.