Salmon vs. Catfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between salmon and catfish

Catfish has less vitamin D*, selenium, vitamin B6, vitamin B3, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, and folate.
Salmon's daily need coverage for vitamin D* is 65% more.
Salmon has 14 times more vitamin B1 than catfish. Salmon has 0.34mg of vitamin B1, while catfish has 0.024mg.
Catfish is lower in saturated fat.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat and Fish, catfish, channel, farmed, cooked, dry heat.

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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.

Salmon

Catfish

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+30.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+66.7%
Contains more IronIron	+21.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+25.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-48.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+318.2%

Contains more ZincZinc	+34.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+12.5%

~equal in Potassium ~366mg

~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.

Salmon

Catfish

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+4266.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+6800%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+17.5%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+1316.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+35%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+215.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+81.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+265.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+183.3%

Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K

+2400%

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~2.78µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin D*	526 IU	10 IU	65%
Vitamin D	13.1µg	0.3µg	64%
Selenium	41.4µg	9.9µg	57%
Vitamin B6	0.647mg	0.177mg	36%
Vitamin B3	8.045mg	2.548mg	34%
Vitamin B1	0.34mg	0.024mg	26%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.553g	1.354g	21%
Vitamin B5	1.475mg	0.811mg	13%
Fats	12.35g	7.19g	8%
Vitamin A	69µg	1µg	8%
Protein	22.1g	18.44g	7%
Folate	34µg	12µg	6%
Vitamin C	3.7mg	0mg	4%
Saturated fat	2.397g	1.586g	4%
Calories	206kcal	144kcal	3%
Sodium	61mg	119mg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.135mg	0.1mg	3%
Monounsaturated fat	4.181g	3.115g	3%
Magnesium	30mg	23mg	2%
Vitamin K	0.1µg	2.5µg	2%
Choline	90.5mg	78.7mg	2%
Cholesterol	63mg	66mg	1%
Calcium	15mg	9mg	1%
Potassium	384mg	366mg	1%
Iron	0.34mg	0.28mg	1%
Copper	0.049mg	0.039mg	1%
Zinc	0.43mg	0.58mg	1%
Phosphorus	252mg	247mg	1%
Vitamin E	1.14mg	0.97mg	1%
Vitamin B12	2.8µg	2.78µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	11g	13g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	93kcal	78kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	49g	69g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	3.6	2.8	N/A
Manganese	0.016mg	0.018mg	0%
Trans fat		0.063g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.248mg	0.22mg	0%
Threonine	0.969mg	0.833mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.018mg	0.82mg	0%
Leucine	1.796mg	1.396mg	0%
Lysine	2.03mg	1.677mg	0%
Methionine	0.654mg	0.539mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.863mg	0.735mg	0%
Valine	1.139mg	0.894mg	0%
Histidine	0.651mg	0.404mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.69g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	1.457g	0.069g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.17g	0.018g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.049g	N/A