Pura Vida Miami, the wildly popular “premier wellness and lifestyle brand” that’s taken NYC by storm – and sodium – has quietly reeled in its signature tuna sprout sandwich from the menu in all its outposts, including New York and Florida.
The company with seven NYC locations cut bait with the sammy following a December expose in The Post that revealed it contained a staggering 145 grams of fat and nearly 3.000 mg of sodium, sending devotees into a spiral.
Pura Vida Miami’s signature tuna sprout sandwich was quietly yanked from the menu following The Post’s expose on its whopping fat and sodium levels that left fans in a tuna meltdown. Helayne Seidman “Good riddance to bad fat,” declared Pura Vida fan Racine Levy, who refused to order her onetime favorite sandwich since she discovered the truth about the astronomically fatty fish.
“My friends were all freaking out once we found out how bad it was. It was like a tuna meltdown.”
“No one should have tuna on their ‘cheat days.’”
Nutritionists agree that yanking the problematic sandwich was a better health alternative than a fate of sleeping with the fishes.
“There was a clear disconnect between the ‘healthy’ perception and the actual nutritional profile,” said functional nutritionist Danielle Pashko. “If they’re stepping back to improve the ingredients, that’s a move in the right direction. I hope for more transparency going forward. As a nutritionist who eats there, it’s on my mind too.”
Pura Vida regular and food influencer Carly Spears told The Post “it’s super smart they pulled it after the backlash,” despite ordering the tuna sandwich “90 percent of the time – it was my favorite thing to get there.”
The chain’s knockoff – a “lackluster” $19 tuna avocado sandwich, rolled out in all locations in February – falls short for Spears.
“The tuna was drier, the wrap definitely has less taste than it used to,” she said of the poor-man’s substitute which boasts 1140 mg of sodium and just 52 grams of fat.
The wildly popular chain that’s taken NYC by storm has “discontinued” the popular tuna sandwich that carried nearly 3,000 mg of sodium and 145 grams of fat, more than four times higher than a McDonald’s Big Mac. Helayne Seidman A worker at a Miami location doesn’t “know why” the original sandwich was pulled, adding, “it was really popular. I liked it.”
The “menu evolution” was based on several factors, including “seasonality, ingredient availability and ongoing product development,” a company spokesman said of the “discontinued” favorite.
Yanking the sandwich was simply “standard process,” the spokesman added.
The boho chic “all day cafe” is committed to “transparency and accuracy,” according to the spox, and complies with FDA guidelines require chains with 20 or more locations to disclose nutritional values.
“We conducted a comprehensive third-party review of our menu’s nutrition information. That process is complete and the updated values are on our website.”
