Halibut (Fillet, Meat) vs Tuna: What Should You Choose?

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

Marcin Piotrowicz, healthy lifestyle promoter

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

Tuna vs Halibut: Nutrition Comparison

per 100g	Halibut (fillet, meat)	Tuna
Calories	186	144
Fat	13.84 g	4.9 g
Protein	14.37 g	23.33 g
Water	70.27 g	68.09 g
Calcium	3 mg	8 mg
Iron	0.66 mg	1.02 mg
Magnessium	26 mg	50 mg
Phosphorus	0.1 mg	5.7 mg
Potassium	268 mg	252 mg
Sodium	80 mg	39 mg
Zink	0.1 mg	5.7 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)	0.06 mg	0.241 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)	0.08 mg	0.251 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)	1.5 mg	8.654 mg
Vitaminium B6	0.42 mg	0.455 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)	0.001 mg	0.002 mg
Vitaminium E	0.73 mg	1 mg

More Calories in Halibut

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

Halibut has 186 kcal per 100g and tuna 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 tuna from protein.

See tables below to compare halibut with tuna in details.

Halibut And Tuna Nutrition Difference

Calories:
halibut - 29% more than tuna
Fat:
halibut - 182% more than tuna
Protein:
tuna - 62% more than halibut
Water:
halibut - 3% more than tuna

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Less protein in halibut

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

There is 23.33g per 100g of tuna and 14.37g per 100g of halibut so using simple math we can see that difference is about 62%.

More fat in halibut

In halibut is more fats than in tuna.

The tables above show us that there is 4.9g/100g of fats in tuna and 13.84g/100g in halibut. In this case difference is about 182%.