Shad vs. Milkfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between shad and milkfish?

Shad is higher in selenium, phosphorus, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B1, and iron, yet milkfish is higher in vitamin B12 and zinc.
Milkfish's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 130% more.
Shad has 11 times more vitamin B1 than milkfish. While shad has 0.183mg of vitamin B1, milkfish has only 0.016mg.
The amount of cholesterol in milkfish is lower.

We used Fish, shad, american, cooked, dry heat and Fish, milkfish, cooked, dry heat types in this article.

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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.

Shad

Milkfish

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+31.6%
Contains more IronIron	+202.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+86.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+67.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-29.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+107.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+188.9%

Contains more ZincZinc

+123.4%

~equal in Magnesium ~38mg

~equal in Calcium ~65mg

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.

Shad

Milkfish

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+1043.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+346.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+30.4%

Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12

+2235.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~33µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.865mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.488mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~18µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.14µg	3.27µg	130%
Selenium	46.8µg	16.2µg	56%
Phosphorus	349mg	208mg	20%
Vitamin B2	0.308mg	0.069mg	18%
Vitamin B3	10.769mg	8.256mg	16%
Vitamin B1	0.183mg	0.016mg	14%
Fats	17.65g	8.63g	14%
Cholesterol	96mg	67mg	10%
Iron	1.24mg	0.41mg	10%
Protein	21.71g	26.32g	9%
Zinc	0.47mg	1.05mg	5%
Copper	0.082mg	0.044mg	4%
Calories	252kcal	190kcal	3%
Potassium	492mg	374mg	3%
Vitamin B6	0.462mg	0.488mg	2%
Manganese	0.054mg	0.026mg	1%
Sodium	65mg	92mg	1%
Calcium	60mg	65mg	1%
Magnesium	38mg	38mg	0%
Vitamin A	36µg	33µg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.865mg	0.865mg	0%
Folate	17µg	18µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.243mg	0.295mg	0%
Threonine	0.952mg	1.154mg	0%
Isoleucine	1mg	1.213mg	0%
Leucine	1.764mg	2.139mg	0%
Lysine	1.993mg	2.417mg	0%
Methionine	0.642mg	0.779mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.847mg	1.028mg	0%
Valine	1.118mg	1.356mg	0%
Histidine	0.639mg	0.775mg	0%