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Table 1 Amounts of total fat, EPA, DHA and EPA + DHA (g/100 g of serving) in fish species of different origin and processing

From: Significance of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in human health

Fish name

Total fat

EPA

DHA

EPA + DHA

Atlantic mackerel (cooked)

17.8

0.504

0.699

1.203

Greenland halibut (cooked)

17.7

0.670

0.504

1.178

Chinook salmon (cooked)

13.4

1.010

0.727

1.737

Atlantic salmon (farmed)

12.4

0.690

1.457

2.147

Atlantic herring (cooked)

11.6

0.909

1.105

2.014

Red salmon (cooked)

11.0

0.530

0.700

1.230

Pacific sardine (canned in tomato)

10.5

0.532

0.865

1.397

European anchovy (canned in vegetable oil)

9.7

0.763

1.292

2.055

Atlantic salmon (wild, cooked)

8.1

0.411

1.429

1.840

Rainbow trout (farmed and cooked)

7.2

0.334

0.820

1.154

Red tuna (fresh or cooked)

6.3

0.363

1.141

1.504

Rainbow trout (wild and cooked)

5.8

0.468

0.520

0.988

Sword fish (cooked) 

5.1

0.138

0.681

0.819

Atlantic and Pacific halibut (cooked)

2.9

0.091

0.374

0.465

Channel catfish (wild, cooked)

2.9

0.100

0.137

0.237

European pollock (cooked)

1.9

0.076

0.162

0.238

Mere fish various sp. (cooked)

1.3

0.035

0.213

0.248

Shrimp various sp. (cooked)

1.1

0.171

0.144

0.315

Atlantic cod (cooked)

0.9

0.004

0.154

0.158

Tuna (canned in brine)

0.8

0.047

0.223

0.270