Bluefish vs. Mackerel — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between bluefish and mackerel?

Bluefish is richer in vitamin A, while mackerel is higher in vitamin B12, vitamin B2, magnesium, iron, selenium, vitamin B1, and monounsaturated fat.
Mackerel's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 533% higher.
Mackerel has 3 times less vitamin A than bluefish. Bluefish has 459IU of vitamin A, while mackerel has 180IU.
Bluefish is lower in saturated fat.

We used Fish, bluefish, cooked, dry heat and Fish, mackerel, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat types in this comparison.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Bluefish

Mackerel

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+19%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+35%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+131%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+66.7%
Contains more IronIron	+153.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+38.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+10.3%

~equal in Zinc ~0.94mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~278mg

~equal in Sodium ~83mg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Bluefish

Mackerel

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A

+155.6%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+137.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+324.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+205.5%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~6.85mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.99mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.46mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~2µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	6.22µg	19µg	533%
Vitamin B2	0.097mg	0.412mg	24%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.358g	4.3g	20%
Fats	5.44g	17.81g	19%
Saturated fat	1.172g	4.176g	14%
Magnesium	42mg	97mg	13%
Iron	0.62mg	1.57mg	12%
Monounsaturated fat	2.297g	7.006g	12%
Selenium	46.8µg	51.6µg	9%
Vitamin A	138µg	54µg	9%
Vitamin B1	0.067mg	0.159mg	8%
Calories	159kcal	262kcal	5%
Protein	25.69g	23.85g	4%
Copper	0.068mg	0.094mg	3%
Phosphorus	291mg	278mg	2%
Vitamin B3	7.247mg	6.85mg	2%
Potassium	477mg	401mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.955mg	0.99mg	1%
Zinc	1.04mg	0.94mg	1%
Calcium	9mg	15mg	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.4mg	0%
Cholesterol	76mg	75mg	0%
Sodium	77mg	83mg	0%
Manganese	0.027mg	0.02mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.464mg	0.46mg	0%
Folate	2µg	2µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.288mg	0.267mg	0%
Threonine	1.126mg	1.045mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.184mg	1.099mg	0%
Leucine	2.088mg	1.938mg	0%
Lysine	2.36mg	2.19mg	0%
Methionine	0.76mg	0.706mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.003mg	0.931mg	0%
Valine	1.324mg	1.228mg	0%
Histidine	0.756mg	0.702mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.323g	0.504g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.665g	0.699g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.079g	0.106g	N/A