Sockeye salmon vs. Swordfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between sockeye salmon and swordfish?

Sockeye salmon is higher in vitamin B12, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, choline, vitamin B1, and vitamin B3, yet swordfish is higher in selenium and vitamin E.
Sockeye salmon's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 119% more.
Sockeye salmon has 4 times more vitamin B2 than swordfish. While sockeye salmon has 0.246mg of vitamin B2, swordfish has only 0.063mg.
The amount of cholesterol in sockeye salmon is lower.

We used Fish, salmon, sockeye, cooked, dry heat and Fish, swordfish, 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

Swordfish

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+83.3%
Contains more IronIron	+15.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+65.2%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+14.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+41.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+93%

~equal in Magnesium ~35mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~304mg

~equal in Sodium ~97mg

~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

Swordfish

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+34.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+76.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+290.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+205.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+34.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+175.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+250%
Contains more CholineCholine	+45.3%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E

+143.4%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~16.6µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~9.254mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0.1µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	4.47µg	1.62µg	119%
Selenium	35.5µg	68.5µg	60%
Vitamin B5	1.274mg	0.417mg	17%
Vitamin B6	0.827mg	0.615mg	16%
Vitamin B2	0.246mg	0.063mg	14%
Vitamin E	0.99mg	2.41mg	9%
Protein	26.48g	23.45g	6%
Vitamin B1	0.157mg	0.089mg	6%
Choline	112.6mg	77.5mg	6%
Cholesterol	61mg	78mg	6%
Vitamin B3	10.123mg	9.254mg	5%
Saturated fat	0.969g	1.911g	4%
Monounsaturated fat	1.864g	3.544g	4%
Fats	5.57g	7.93g	4%
Copper	0.076mg	0.046mg	3%
Potassium	436mg	499mg	2%
Zinc	0.55mg	0.78mg	2%
Vitamin A	58µg	43µg	2%
Folate	7µg	2µg	1%
Calories	156kcal	172kcal	1%
Iron	0.52mg	0.45mg	1%
Calcium	11mg	6mg	1%
Vitamin D	670IU	666IU	1%
Magnesium	36mg	35mg	0%
Phosphorus	305mg	304mg	0%
Sodium	92mg	97mg	0%
Vitamin D	16.7µg	16.6µg	0%
Manganese	0.013mg	0.013mg	0%
Vitamin K	0.1µg	0.1µg	0%
Trans fat	0.023g	0.056g	N/A
Polyunsaturated fat	1.327g	1.368g	0%
Tryptophan	0.335mg	0.265mg	0%
Threonine	1.247mg	1.035mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.274mg	1.088mg	0%
Leucine	2.185mg	1.919mg	0%
Lysine	2.574mg	2.168mg	0%
Methionine	0.858mg	0.699mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.086mg	0.922mg	0%
Valine	1.461mg	1.216mg	0%
Histidine	0.711mg	0.695mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.299g	0.127g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.56g	0.772g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.093g	0.168g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.019g	0.022g	N/A