Swordfish (Fillet, Meat) vs Tilapia (Fillet, Meat): All Nutritional Differences

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

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

Fact 1: There is More Calories in Swordfish

At first glance, you can see that in swordfish is much more calories than in tilapia.

Swordfish has 144 kcal per 100g and tilapia 96 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 50%.

In swordfish and in tilapia most calories came from protein.

See tables below to compare swordfish with tilapia in details.

Fact 2: Swordfish And Tilapia Nutrition Difference

Calories: swordfish - 50% more than tilapia
Fat: swordfish - 291% more than tilapia
Protein: tilapia - 2% more than swordfish
Water: tilapia - 6% more than swordfish

Tilapia vs Swordfish: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison

per 100g	Swordfish (fillet, meat)	Tilapia (fillet, meat)
Calories	144	96
Fat	6.65 g	1.7 g
Protein	19.66 g	20.08 g
Water	73.38 g	78.08 g
Calcium	5 mg	10 mg
Iron	0.38 mg	0.56 mg
Magnessium	29 mg	27 mg
Phosphorus	0.1 mg	1.4 mg
Potassium	418 mg	302 mg
Sodium	81 mg	52 mg
Zink	0.1 mg	1.4 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.075 mg	0.041 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.053 mg	0.063 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	7.76 mg	3.903 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.543 mg	0.162 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.002 mg	0.024 mg
Vitaminium E	2.02 mg	0.4 mg

Less protein in swordfish

It is aslo easy to see see that in swordfish is less protein than in tilapia.

There is 20.08g per 100g of tilapia and 19.66g per 100g of swordfish so using simple math we can see that difference is about 2%.

More fat in swordfish

In swordfish is more fats than in tilapia.

The tables above show us that there is 1.7g/100g of fats in tilapia and 6.65g/100g in swordfish. In this case difference is about 291%.

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