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Cholesterol Content in Tuna, Salmon, Shrimp, Squid - Seafoods (Fish and Crustaceans)

Table 2: Cholesterol level in salmon.

Fish cholesterol sources Cholesterol content (mg/100g edible food portion)
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

Cholesterol data of seafoods source: USDA National Nutrient Database Reference, Release 18


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

Links with 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

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