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Cholesterol: Cholesterol Content in Seafoods (Tuna, Salmon, Shrimp, Squid)
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Diet is one of the factors that affects serum cholesterol level. Therefore, knowing how much cholesterol there is in one's food is essential in planning how to manage serum cholesterol level and the health conditions associated with it.
The following table shows how much cholesterol there is in a variety of seafoods (tuna, shrimp, salmon, and squid). The cholesterol content of the seafoods is obtained from the USDA Nutrient Analysis Laboratory database.
Cholesterol level in seafoods varies, among sevaral factors, depending on the seafood type and method of preparation. Cholesterol level in shrimp types listed below ranges 7 - 251 mg/ 100 gram of edible food portion; in tuna types, 13 - 60 mg/ 100 gram; in salmon types, 23 - 485 mg/ 100 gram. Highest cholesterol level is found in the salmon products, followed by squid. Among all the seafood products listed below, tuna fish products have, in general, the lowest cholesterol content.
Table 1: Cholesterol level in fish tuna, shrimp, and squid.
| Seafood cholesterol sources | Cholesterol content (mg/100g edible food portion) |
| Squid types | |
| Mollusks, squid, mixed species, cooked, fried | 260 |
| Mollusks, squid, mixed species, raw | 233 |
| 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 |