Anchovy vs Sardines: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Anchovy has 131 kcal and Sardines has 185 kcal, so Anchovy has 29% fewer calories.

Sardines has more fat (10.5 g vs 4.84 g). Relative to calories, Anchovy is the better protein source (15.5 g vs 11.3 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Nutrition Facts

Anchovy
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one anchovy (6g)1 fillet (6g)cup dried (28g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Sardine
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one sardine (35g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Anchovy vs Sardine 100g Compare


per 100g Anchovy Sardines
Calories 131 185
Fat 4.84 g 10.45 g
Protein 20.35 g 20.86 g
Water 73.37 g 66.86 g
Calcium 147 mg 240 mg
Iron 3.25 mg 2.3 mg
Magnessium 41 mg 34 mg
Potassium 383 mg 341 mg
Sodium 104 mg 414 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.055 mg 0.044 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.256 mg 0.233 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 14.024 mg 4.2 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.143 mg 0.123 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 0.009 µg 0.024 µg
Vitaminium E 0.57 mg 1.38 mg

Less Calories in Anchovy

At first glance, you can see that in anchovy is less calories than in sardine.

Anchovy has 131 kcal per 100g and sardine 185 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 41%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in anchovy comes from protein and in sardine from fat.

See tables below to compare anchovy with sardine in details.

Anchovy 100g

131kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 65% PROTEIN
  • 35% FAT

Sardines 100g

185kcal

Calories source

  • 1% CARBS
  • 46% PROTEIN
  • 52% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.