Herring vs Mackerel: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Herring has 158 kcal and Mackerel has 205 kcal, so Herring has 23% fewer calories.

Mackerel has more fat (13.9 g vs 9.04 g). Relative to calories, Herring is the better protein source (11.4 g vs 9.07 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Herring - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Herring - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Herring
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one herring (165g)steak (165g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Mackerel
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one mackerel (176g)steak (176g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Herring vs Mackerel 100g Compare


per 100gHerringMackerel
Calories158 205
Fat9.04 g13.89 g
Protein17.96 g18.6 g
Water72.05 g63.55 g
Calcium57 mg12 mg
Iron1.1 mg1.63 mg
Magnessium32 mg76 mg
Phosphorus0.1 mg5 mg
Potassium327 mg314 mg
Sodium90 mg90 mg
Zink0.1 mg5 mg
Vitaminium A93 IU167 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.092 mg0.176 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.233 mg0.312 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)3.217 mg9.08 mg
Vitaminium B60.302 mg0.399 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.01 µg0.001 µg
Vitaminium C0.7 mg0.4 mg
Vitaminium E1.07 mg1.52 mg

Less Calories in Herring

At first glance, you can see that in herring is less calories than in mackerel.

Herring has 158 kcal per 100g and mackerel 205 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 30%.

In herring and in mackerel most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare herring with mackerel in details.

Herring 100g

158kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 47% PROTEIN
  • 53% FAT

Mackerel 100g

205kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 37% PROTEIN
  • 63% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.