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Diet is one of the factors that affects serum cholesterol level. Therefore, knowing the cholesterol level in diet is essential in planning how to manage serum cholesterol level and the health conditions associated with it.
In the following table is a list of seafoods (tuna, shrimp, salmon) and estimates of their cholesterol content. Cholesterol content in seafood-based diet varies, among sevaral factors, depending on the fish type, and method of preparation.
Cholesterol level in shrimp types listed below ranges 7 - 251 mg/ 100 gram food; in tuna types, 13 - 60 mg/ 100 gram food; in salmon types, 23 - 485 mg/ 100 gram food. Highest cholesterol level is contained in the salmon products, followed by shrimp products. Among all the seafood products listed below, tuna fish products have, in general, the lowest cholesterol content.
| Cholesterol Sources |
Cholesterol content (mg/100g food) |
| Shrimp fish types |
| shrimp, mixed species, canned |
251.62 |
| shrimp, mixed species, cooked, moist heat |
195 |
| shrimp, mixed species, cooked, breaded and fried |
177.78 |
| shrimp, mixed species, raw |
152 |
| Fast foods, shrimp, breaded and fried |
121.95 |
| Fast foods, salad, vegetable, tossed, without dressing, with shrimp |
76 |
| shrimp, mixed species, imitation, made from surimi |
36 |
| Soup, cream of shrimp, canned, prepared with equal volume milk, commercial |
14 |
| Soup, cream of shrimp, canned, condensed |
13 |
| Soup, cream of shrimp, canned, prepared with equal volume water, commercial |
7 |
| Tuna fish types |
| skipjack, fresh, cooked, dry heat |
60 |
| yellowfin, fresh, cooked, dry heat |
58 |
| fresh, bluefin, cooked, dry heat |
49 |
| fresh, skipjack, raw |
47 |
| fresh, yellowfin, raw |
45 |
| white, canned in water, drained solids |
42 |
| white, canned in water, without salt, drained solids |
42 |
| fresh, bluefin, raw |
38 |
| white, canned in oil, drained solids |
31 |
| white, canned in oil, without salt, drained solids |
31 |
| light, canned in water, drained solids |
30 |
| light, canned in water, without salt, drained solids |
30 |
| submarine sandwich, with tuna salad |
19 |
| light, canned in oil, drained solids |
18 |
| light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solids |
18 |
| tuna salad |
13 |
| Salmon fish types |
| Fish oil, salmon |
485 |
| chum, dried (Alaska Native) |
214 |
| red (sockeye), smoked (Alaska Native) |
141 |
| king, chinook, smoked, brined (Alaska Native) |
107 |
| chum, cooked, dry heat |
95 |
| red, (sockeye), canned, smoked (Alaska Native) |
93 |
| sockeye, cooked, dry heat |
87 |
| chinook, cooked, dry heat |
85 |
| pink, canned, drained solids with bone |
82 |
| chum, raw |
74 |
| Atlantic, wild, cooked, dry heat |
71 |
| red, canned, bones removed (Alaska Native) |
69 |
| red, (sockeye), kippered (Alaska Native |
68 |
| pink, cooked, dry heat |
67 |
| Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat |
63 |
| coho, farmed, cooked, dry heat |
63 |
| sockeye, raw |
62 |
| king (chinook), raw (Alaska Native) |
61 |
| Atlantic, farmed, raw |
59 |
| Chum, raw (Alaska Native) |
59 |
| coho (silver), raw (Alaska Native) |
58 |
| coho, wild, cooked, moist heat |
57 |
| Atlantic, wild, raw |
55 |
| coho, wild, cooked, dry heat |
55 |
| pink, canned, solids with bone and liquid |
55 |
| pink, raw |
52 |
| coho, farmed, raw |
51 |
| chinook, raw |
50 |
| coho, wild, raw |
45 |
| sockeye, canned, drained solids with bone |
44 |
| chum, canned, without salt, drained solids with bone |
39 |
| chum, drained solids with bone |
39 |
| USDA Commodity, salmon nuggets, breaded, frozen, heated |
26 |
| chinook, smoked |
23 |
| chinook, smoked, (lox), regular |
23 |
Nutrient contents in seafoods (tuna, salmon, shrimp)
Nutrition facts of salmon
Nutrition facts of Shrimp
Nutrition facts of tuna
Purine/uric acid content in seafoods
The following links also have dietary information related to lowering cholesterol:
Cholesterol: good or bad for health?
Cholesterol: benefits and how to raise HDL cholesterol level
More food stuffs high/low in cholesterol
Foods of animal origin high in cholesterol- USDA
Foods low in cholesterol content - USDA
Plant food that help lower cholesterol
List of food totally free of cholesterol
Cholesterol content in seafoods (tuna, salmon, shrimp)
Cookbooks for low cholesterol diet
Fatty acid related links:
Daily intake of omega fatty acid DHA lowers diastolic blood pressure
Unsaturated fat: food high in polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat
Saturated fat: food high in saturated fat and total fat
Triglycerides: causes of high serum triglyceride
Types of fatty acids
Related links
Fruits and vegetables moderate lipid cardiovascular risk factor in hypertensive patients
Data adapted from:
USDA National Nutrient Database Reference, Release 18 |
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