Halibut (Fillet, Meat) vs Tilapia (Fillet, Meat): Choose Wisely

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

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

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

Tilapia vs Halibut: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Halibut (fillet, meat)	Tilapia (fillet, meat)
Calories	186	96
Fat	13.84 g	1.7 g
Protein	14.37 g	20.08 g
Water	70.27 g	78.08 g
Calcium	3 mg	10 mg
Iron	0.66 mg	0.56 mg
Magnessium	26 mg	27 mg
Phosphorus	0.1 mg	1.4 mg
Potassium	268 mg	302 mg
Sodium	80 mg	52 mg
Zink	0.1 mg	1.4 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.06 mg	0.041 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.08 mg	0.063 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	1.5 mg	3.903 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.42 mg	0.162 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.001 mg	0.024 mg
Vitaminium E	0.73 mg	0.4 mg

More Calories in Halibut

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

Halibut has 186 kcal per 100g and tilapia 96 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 94%.

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

See tables below to compare halibut with tilapia in details.

Halibut And Tilapia Nutrition Difference

Calories:
halibut - 94% more than tilapia
Fat:
halibut - 714% more than tilapia
Protein:
tilapia - 40% more than halibut
Water:
tilapia - 11% 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 tilapia.

There is 20.08g per 100g of tilapia and 14.37g per 100g of halibut so using simple math we can see that difference is about 40%.

More fat in halibut

In halibut is more fats than in tilapia.

The tables above show us that there is 1.7g/100g of fats in tilapia and 13.84g/100g in halibut. In this case difference is about 714%.