Mackerel vs Salmon: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Mackerel has 205 kcal and Salmon has 197 kcal, so Salmon has 4% fewer calories.

Relative to calories, Salmon is the better protein source (10.3 g vs 9.07 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Mackerel - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Mackerel - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Mackerel
Serving size:
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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.
Salmon
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one salmon (200g)steak (200g)
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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 vs Salmon 100g Compare


per 100gMackerelSalmon
Calories205 197
Fat13.89 g13.11 g
Protein18.6 g20.32 g
Water63.55 g65.84 g
Calcium12 mg9.423 mg
Iron1.63 mg0.259 mg
Magnessium76 mg25.39 mg
Phosphorus5 mg2.151 mg
Potassium314 mg378.2 mg
Sodium90 mg49.49 mg
Zink5 mg2.151 mg
Vitaminium A167 IU193 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.176 mg0.207 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.312 mg0.155 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)9.08 mg8.672 mg
Vitaminium B60.399 mg0.636 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.001 µg0.026 µg
Vitaminium C0.4 mg3.9 mg
Vitaminium E1.52 mg3.55 mg
Vitaminium K0.005 µg0.001 µg

More Calories in Mackerel

At first glance, you can see that in mackerel is just a little more calories than in salmon.

Mackerel has 205 kcal per 100g and salmon 197 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 4%.

In mackerel and in salmon most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare mackerel with salmon in details.

Mackerel 100g

205kcal

Calories source

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

Salmon 100g

197kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 41% PROTEIN
  • 59% 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.