Octopus vs Squid: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Octopus has 82 kcal and Squid has 92 kcal, so Octopus has 11% fewer calories.

Relative to calories, Octopus is the better protein source (18.2 g vs 16.9 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Octopus - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Octopus - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Octopus
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Octopus vs Squid 100g Compare


per 100gOctopusSquid
Calories82 92
Carbohydrates2.2 g3.08 g
Fat1.04 g1.38 g
Protein14.91 g15.58 g
Water80.25 g78.55 g
Calcium53 mg32 mg
Iron5.3 mg0.68 mg
Magnessium30 mg33 mg
Phosphorus0.1 mg10 mg
Potassium350 mg246 mg
Sodium230 mg44 mg
Zink0.1 mg10 mg
Vitaminium A150 IU33 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.03 mg0.02 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.04 mg0.412 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)2.1 mg2.175 mg
Vitaminium B60.36 mg0.056 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.016 µg0.005 µg
Vitaminium C5 mg4.7 mg
Vitaminium E1.2 mg1.2 mg

Less Calories in Octopus

At first glance, you can see that in octopus is less calories than in squid.

Octopus has 82 kcal per 100g and squid 92 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 12%.

In octopus and in squid most calories came from protein.

See tables below to compare octopus with squid in details.

Octopus 100g

82kcal

Calories source

  • 11% CARBS.
  • 77% PROTEIN
  • 12% FAT

Squid 100g

92kcal

Calories source

  • 14% CARBS
  • 72% PROTEIN
  • 14% 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.