Halibut (Fillet, Meat) vs Herring: All Nutritional Differences

Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

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

Herring - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Fact 1: There is More Calories in Halibut

At first glance, you can see that in halibut is more calories than in herring.

Halibut has 186 kcal per 100g and herring 158 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 18%.

In halibut and in herring most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare halibut with herring in details.

Fact 2: Halibut And Herring Nutrition Difference

Calories: halibut - 18% more than herring
Fat: halibut - 53% more than herring
Protein: herring - 25% more than halibut
Water: herring - 3% more than halibut

Herring vs Halibut: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison

per 100g	Halibut (fillet, meat)	Herring
Calories	186	158
Fat	13.84 g	9.04 g
Protein	14.37 g	17.96 g
Water	70.27 g	72.05 g
Calcium	3 mg	57 mg
Iron	0.66 mg	1.1 mg
Magnessium	26 mg	32 mg
Phosphorus	0.1 mg	0.1 mg
Potassium	268 mg	327 mg
Sodium	80 mg	90 mg
Zink	0.1 mg	0.1 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.06 mg	0.092 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.08 mg	0.233 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	1.5 mg	3.217 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.42 mg	0.302 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.001 mg	0.01 mg
Vitaminium E	0.73 mg	1.07 mg

Less protein in halibut

It is aslo easy to see see that in halibut is less protein than in herring.

There is 17.96g per 100g of herring and 14.37g per 100g of halibut so using simple math we can see that difference is about 25%.

More fat in halibut

In halibut is more fats than in herring.

The tables above show us that there is 9.04g/100g of fats in herring and 13.84g/100g in halibut. In this case difference is about 53%.

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