Trout vs. Catfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between trout and catfish?

Catfish have less vitamin D, vitamin B1,2, selenium, vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin E, vitamin B1, and vitamin A than trout.
Trout's daily need coverage for vitamin D is 125% higher.
Trout has 151 times more vitamin A than catfish. Trout has 301IU of vitamin A, while catfish have 2IU.

We used Fish, trout, rainbow, farmed, cooked, dry heat and Fish, catfish, channel, farmed, cooked, dry heat types in this comparison.

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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.

Trout

Catfish

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+30.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+233.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+23%
Contains more IronIron	+28.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+41%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-48.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+183.8%

Contains more ManganeseManganese

+38.5%

~equal in Zinc ~0.58mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~247mg

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.

Trout

Catfish

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+9900%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+187.6%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+6233.3%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+495.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+160.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+145.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+118.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+47.8%

Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K

+2400%

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.1mg

~equal in Folate ~12µg

~equal in Choline ~78.7mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin D	19µg	0.3µg	94%
Vitamin D	759IU	10IU	94%
Vitamin B12	4.11µg	2.78µg	55%
Selenium	28.1µg	9.9µg	33%
Vitamin B3	6.646mg	2.548mg	26%
Vitamin B5	1.99mg	0.811mg	24%
Vitamin B6	0.386mg	0.177mg	16%
Vitamin E	2.79mg	0.97mg	12%
Vitamin A	100µg	1µg	11%
Protein	23.8g	18.44g	11%
Vitamin B1	0.143mg	0.024mg	10%
Phosphorus	270mg	247mg	3%
Sodium	61mg	119mg	3%
Vitamin C	2.9mg	0mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.799g	1.354g	3%
Vitamin K	0.1µg	2.5µg	2%
Potassium	450mg	366mg	2%
Calcium	30mg	9mg	2%
Magnesium	30mg	23mg	2%
Monounsaturated fat	2.363g	3.115g	2%
Copper	0.055mg	0.039mg	2%
Calories	168kcal	144kcal	1%
Vitamin B2	0.107mg	0.1mg	1%
Iron	0.36mg	0.28mg	1%
Cholesterol	70mg	66mg	1%
Fats	7.38g	7.19g	0%
Zinc	0.54mg	0.58mg	0%
Manganese	0.013mg	0.018mg	0%
Folate	12µg	12µg	0%
Trans fat	0.056g	0.063g	N/A
Choline	77.6mg	78.7mg	0%
Saturated fat	1.651g	1.586g	0%
Tryptophan	0.279mg	0.22mg	0%
Threonine	1.092mg	0.833mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.148mg	0.82mg	0%
Leucine	2.025mg	1.396mg	0%
Lysine	2.287mg	1.677mg	0%
Methionine	0.738mg	0.539mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.973mg	0.735mg	0%
Valine	1.283mg	0.894mg	0%
Histidine	0.733mg	0.404mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.259g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.616g	0.069g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.109g	0.018g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.047g	0.049g	N/A