How many calories are in salmon?

st476

I just buy the prepackaged frozen ones and it says on the package that it's 100 calories for 4 ounces (I weigh it to make sure it's 4 ounces), but I just googled "how many calories are in 4 ounces of salmon" and it said 236 calories.

I eat 1200-1400 calories a day, so that's a huge difference for me. Which one is it?

Queenmunchy

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods?qlookup=Salmon&fgcd=&manu=&SYNCHRONIZER_TOKEN=be2c5e86-86b1-4b5f-b962-e69ad6fe40eb&SYNCHRONIZER_URI=/ndb/search

Queenmunchy

However with frozen salmon, the weight is from frozen, so follow your nutrition label based on actual weight.

StaciMarie1974

It depends on the salmon and its fat content.

Farm raised will have a higher fat content than wild caught, though some varieties of wild caught do have higher fat content as well.

st476

Queenmunchy wrote: »

However with frozen salmon, the weight is from frozen, so follow your nutrition label based on actual weight.

I always weighted it after I defrosted it and it seemed to make sense because it was always 4 ounces and the number of servings matched up with the amount in the bag, but I'll weigh it frozen tomorrow. Thanks!

cwolfman13

100 calories for 4 ounces seems off for a fatty fish like salmon.

The calories will also vary depending on whether it's farmed or wild...Atlantic or Pacific or sockeye, etc. There are lots of different kinds of salmon.