Swordfish vs. Sockeye salmon — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between swordfish and sockeye salmon?

Swordfish is higher in selenium and vitamin E, yet sockeye salmon is higher in vitamin B12, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, choline, vitamin B1, and vitamin B3.
Sockeye salmon's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 119% more.
Swordfish has 2 times more vitamin E than sockeye salmon. While swordfish has 2.41mg of vitamin E, sockeye salmon has only 0.99mg.
The amount of cholesterol in sockeye salmon is lower.

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

Swordfish

Sockeye salmon

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

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

~equal in Magnesium ~36mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~305mg

~equal in Sodium ~92mg

~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.

Swordfish

Sockeye salmon

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E

+143.4%

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%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~16.7µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~10.123mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0.1µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

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