Flounder (Fillet, Meat) vs Mackerel: All Nutritional Differences

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Marcin Piotrowicz

Flounder (fillet, meat) - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

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Fact 1: There is Less Calories in Flounder

At first glance, you can see that in flounder is much less calories than in mackerel.

Flounder has 70 kcal per 100g and mackerel 205 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 193%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in flounder cames from protein and in mackerel from fat.

See tables below to compare flounder with mackerel in details.

Fact 2: Flounder And Mackerel Nutrition Difference

Calories: mackerel - 193% more than flounder
Fat: mackerel - 620% more than flounder
Protein: mackerel - 50% more than flounder
Water: flounder - 33% more than mackerel

Mackerel vs Flounder: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison

per 100g	Flounder (fillet, meat)	Mackerel
Calories	70	205
Fat	1.93 g	13.89 g
Protein	12.41 g	18.6 g
Water	84.63 g	63.55 g
Calcium	21 mg	12 mg
Iron	0.18 mg	1.63 mg
Magnessium	18 mg	76 mg
Phosphorus	0.1 mg	5 mg
Potassium	160 mg	314 mg
Sodium	296 mg	90 mg
Zink	0.1 mg	5 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.022 mg	0.176 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.02 mg	0.312 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	1.04 mg	9.08 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.098 mg	0.399 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.005 mg	0.001 mg
Vitaminium E	0.63 mg	1.52 mg

Less protein in flounder

It is aslo easy to see see that in flounder is less protein than in mackerel.

There is 18.6g per 100g of mackerel and 12.41g per 100g of flounder so using simple math we can see that difference is about 50%.

Less fat in flounder

In flounder is less fats than in mackerel.

The tables above show us that there is 13.89g/100g of fats in mackerel and 1.93g/100g in flounder. In this case difference is about 620%.

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