Salmon vs. Turkey meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between salmon and turkey meat

Salmon has more vitamin D, vitamin B12, vitamin B1, selenium, and vitamin B5; however, turkey meat is higher in zinc, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, and iron.
Salmon covers your daily need for vitamin D, 85% more than turkey meat.
Salmon has 8 times more vitamin B1 than turkey meat. While salmon has 0.34mg of vitamin B1, turkey meat has only 0.045mg.
Salmon has less cholesterol.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat and Turkey, whole, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted.

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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.

Salmon

Turkey meat

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+60.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+13%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-40.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+14.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+38.9%

Contains more IronIron	+220.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+89.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+476.7%

~equal in Magnesium ~30mg

~equal in Calcium ~14mg

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.

Salmon

Turkey meat

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+475%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+1528.6%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+3175%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+655.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+55.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+174.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+277.8%

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+108.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+19%

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.616mg

~equal in Choline ~87.4mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.8µg	1.02µg	74%
Vitamin D	526 IU	15 IU	64%
Vitamin D	13.1µg	0.4µg	64%
Vitamin B1	0.34mg	0.045mg	25%
Selenium	41.4µg	29.8µg	21%
Zinc	0.43mg	2.48mg	19%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.553g	2.119g	16%
Cholesterol	63mg	109mg	15%
Protein	22.1g	28.55g	13%
Vitamin B5	1.475mg	0.948mg	11%
Vitamin B2	0.135mg	0.281mg	11%
Vitamin B3	8.045mg	9.573mg	10%
Iron	0.34mg	1.09mg	9%
Fats	12.35g	7.39g	8%
Vitamin E	1.14mg	0.07mg	7%
Folate	34µg	9µg	6%
Vitamin A	69µg	12µg	6%
Copper	0.049mg	0.093mg	5%
Monounsaturated fat	4.181g	2.647g	4%
Phosphorus	252mg	223mg	4%
Vitamin C	3.7mg	0mg	4%
Potassium	384mg	239mg	4%
Sodium	61mg	103mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.647mg	0.616mg	2%
Choline	90.5mg	87.4mg	1%
Saturated fat	2.397g	2.155g	1%
Calories	206kcal	189kcal	1%
Net carbs	0g	0.06g	N/A
Carbs	0g	0.06g	0%
Magnesium	30mg	30mg	0%
Calcium	15mg	14mg	0%
Manganese	0.016mg	0.014mg	0%
Vitamin K	0.1µg	0µg	0%
Trans fat		0.101g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.248mg	0.291mg	0%
Threonine	0.969mg	1.004mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.018mg	0.796mg	0%
Leucine	1.796mg	1.925mg	0%
Lysine	2.03mg	2.282mg	0%
Methionine	0.654mg	0.724mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.863mg	0.903mg	0%
Valine	1.139mg	0.902mg	0%
Histidine	0.651mg	0.749mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.69g	0.008g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	1.457g	0.005g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.105g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.17g	0.008g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.001g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.003g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.01g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.014g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		1.841g	N/A