Caviar vs. Catfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between caviar and catfish?

Caviar is richer than catfish in vitamin B12, iron, selenium, choline, magnesium, vitamin B5, vitamin B2, and calcium.
Caviar's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 718% more.
Caviar has 42 times more iron than catfish. While caviar has 11.88mg of iron, catfish has only 0.28mg.
The amount of sodium in catfish is lower.

We used Fish, caviar, black, and red, granular and Fish, catfish, channel, farmed, 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.

Caviar

Catfish

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+1204.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+2955.6%
Contains more IronIron	+4142.9%
Contains more CopperCopper	+182.1%
Contains more ZincZinc	+63.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+44.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+177.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+561.6%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+102.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-92.1%

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.

Caviar

Catfish

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+866.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+27000%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+94.8%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+691.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+520%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+331.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+80.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+619.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+316.7%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+2023.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+316.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	20µg	2.78µg	718%
Cholesterol	588mg	66mg	174%
Iron	11.88mg	0.28mg	145%
Selenium	65.5µg	9.9µg	101%
Choline	490.9mg	78.7mg	75%
Magnesium	300mg	23mg	66%
Sodium	1500mg	119mg	60%
Vitamin B5	3.5mg	0.811mg	54%
Vitamin B2	0.62mg	0.1mg	40%
Polyunsaturated fat	7.405g	1.354g	40%
Vitamin A	271µg	1µg	30%
Calcium	275mg	9mg	27%
Fats	17.9g	7.19g	16%
Phosphorus	356mg	247mg	16%
Vitamin B3	0.12mg	2.548mg	15%
Vitamin B1	0.19mg	0.024mg	14%
Vitamin D*	117 IU	10 IU	13%
Vitamin D	2.9µg	0.3µg	13%
Protein	24.6g	18.44g	12%
Vitamin B6	0.32mg	0.177mg	11%
Saturated fat	4.06g	1.586g	11%
Folate	50µg	12µg	10%
Copper	0.11mg	0.039mg	8%
Calories	264kcal	144kcal	6%
Vitamin E	1.89mg	0.97mg	6%
Potassium	181mg	366mg	5%
Monounsaturated fat	4.631g	3.115g	4%
Zinc	0.95mg	0.58mg	3%
Vitamin K	0.6µg	2.5µg	2%
Carbs	4g	0g	1%
Manganese	0.05mg	0.018mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	9.3g	13g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	107kcal	78kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	38g	69g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	3	2.8	N/A
Net carbs	4g	0g	N/A
Trans fat		0.063g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.323mg	0.22mg	0%
Threonine	1.263mg	0.833mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.035mg	0.82mg	0%
Leucine	2.133mg	1.396mg	0%
Lysine	1.834mg	1.677mg	0%
Methionine	0.646mg	0.539mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.071mg	0.735mg	0%
Valine	1.263mg	0.894mg	0%
Histidine	0.649mg	0.404mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	2.741g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	3.8g	0.069g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.229g	0.018g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.049g	N/A