Halibut (Fillet, Meat) vs Swordfish (Fillet, Meat): Health Insights

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

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

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

Swordfish vs Halibut: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Halibut (fillet, meat)	Swordfish (fillet, meat)
Calories	186	144
Fat	13.84 g	6.65 g
Protein	14.37 g	19.66 g
Water	70.27 g	73.38 g
Calcium	3 mg	5 mg
Iron	0.66 mg	0.38 mg
Magnessium	26 mg	29 mg
Phosphorus	0.1 mg	0.1 mg
Potassium	268 mg	418 mg
Sodium	80 mg	81 mg
Zink	0.1 mg	0.1 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.06 mg	0.075 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.08 mg	0.053 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	1.5 mg	7.76 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.42 mg	0.543 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.001 mg	0.002 mg
Vitaminium E	0.73 mg	2.02 mg

More Calories in Halibut

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

Halibut has 186 kcal per 100g and swordfish 144 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 29%.

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

See tables below to compare halibut with swordfish in details.

Halibut And Swordfish Nutrition Difference

Calories:
halibut - 29% more than swordfish
Fat:
halibut - 108% more than swordfish
Protein:
swordfish - 37% more than halibut
Water:
swordfish - 4% more than halibut

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Less protein in halibut

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

There is 19.66g per 100g of swordfish and 14.37g per 100g of halibut so using simple math we can see that difference is about 37%.

More fat in halibut

In halibut is more fats than in swordfish.

The tables above show us that there is 6.65g/100g of fats in swordfish and 13.84g/100g in halibut. In this case difference is about 108%.