Sockeye salmon vs. Rockfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between sockeye salmon and rockfish?

Sockeye salmon is higher in vitamin B12, vitamin D, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B5, vitamin B1, phosphorus, and choline, yet rockfish is higher in selenium.
Sockeye salmon's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 120% more.
Sockeye salmon has 6 times more vitamin B1 than rockfish. While sockeye salmon has 0.157mg of vitamin B1, rockfish has only 0.027mg.

We used Fish, salmon, sockeye, cooked, dry heat and Fish, rockfish, Pacific, mixed species, 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.

Sockeye salmon

Rockfish

Contains more IronIron	+44.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+85.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+27.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+23%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+54.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+114.6%

~equal in Magnesium ~33mg

~equal in Potassium ~467mg

~equal in Sodium ~89mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.013mg

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.

Sockeye salmon

Rockfish

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+1060%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+125%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+263%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+481.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+249.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+215.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+243.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+181.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+43.1%

Contains more FolateFolate

+42.9%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.226mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	4.47µg	1.59µg	120%
Selenium	35.5µg	76.2µg	74%
Vitamin D	16.7µg	4.6µg	61%
Vitamin D	670IU	183IU	61%
Vitamin B3	10.123mg	2.897mg	45%
Vitamin B6	0.827mg	0.241mg	45%
Vitamin B5	1.274mg	0.404mg	17%
Vitamin B1	0.157mg	0.027mg	11%
Protein	26.48g	22.23g	9%
Phosphorus	305mg	248mg	8%
Choline	112.6mg	78.7mg	6%
Vitamin A	58µg	5µg	6%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.327g	0.485g	6%
Fats	5.57g	1.62g	6%
Vitamin E	0.99mg	0.44mg	4%
Copper	0.076mg	0.041mg	4%
Monounsaturated fat	1.864g	0.466g	3%
Saturated fat	0.969g	0.42g	2%
Calories	156kcal	109kcal	2%
Vitamin B2	0.246mg	0.226mg	2%
Iron	0.52mg	0.36mg	2%
Zinc	0.55mg	0.43mg	1%
Folate	7µg	10µg	1%
Potassium	436mg	467mg	1%
Calcium	11mg	17mg	1%
Magnesium	36mg	33mg	1%
Cholesterol	61mg	61mg	0%
Sodium	92mg	89mg	0%
Manganese	0.013mg	0.013mg	0%
Vitamin K	0.1µg	0µg	0%
Trans fat	0.023g	0.025g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.335mg	0.296mg	0%
Threonine	1.247mg	1.014mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.274mg	1.06mg	0%
Leucine	2.185mg	1.835mg	0%
Lysine	2.574mg	2.188mg	0%
Methionine	0.858mg	0.707mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.086mg	0.935mg	0%
Valine	1.461mg	1.106mg	0%
Histidine	0.711mg	0.502mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.299g	0.107g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.56g	0.238g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.093g	0.027g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.019g	0.005g	N/A