Table 4. Daily average contents of 8 oz. per week of cooked fish, with comparison to other daily fat sources.
Food | USDA | Fat | Fat Energy | LA | ALA | EPA | DPA | DHA | LA/ALA |
no. | g | kcal* | g | g | g | g | g | ||
Tuna, light, canned in water | 15121 | 0.311 | 2.8 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.064 | 7.0 |
Tilapia, farmed | 15262 | 0.859 | 7.8 | 0.092 | 0.015 | 0.002 | 0.019 | 0.042 | 6.3 |
Halibut with skin, Alaska | 35188 | 0.885 | 8.0 | 0.006 | 0.003 | 0.079 | 0.017 | 0.118 | 2.0 |
Salmon, sockeye, Pacific | 15273 | 1.508 | 13.6 | 0.035 | 0.018 | 0.111 | 0.029 | 0.211 | 1.9 |
Catfish, channel, farmed† | 15234 | 1.926 | 17.4 | 0.294 | 0.021 | 0.007 | 0.006 | 0.022 | 14.0 |
Trout, rainbow, farmed† | 15240 | 2.004 | 18.1 | 0.181 | 0.023 | 0.084 | 0.035 | 0.201 | 7.9 |
Salmon, Atlantic, farmed† | 15236 | 4.352 | 39.3 | 0.350 | 0.058 | 0.335 | 0.153 | 0.430 | 6.1 |
Average of high- and low-fat fish | 1.692 | 15.3 | 0.138 | 0.020 | 0.090 | 0.037 | 0.155 | 6.5 | |
Milk products, conventional‡ | -- | -- | 313 | 0.92 | 0.170 | 0.027 | 0.040 | -- | 5.4 |
Milk products, organic‡ | -- | -- | 313 | 0.68 | 0.273 | 0.035 | 0.047 | -- | 2.5 |
Diet scenario non-dairy fat, typical LA§ | -- | -- | 380 | 9.91 | 0.79 | -- | -- | -- | 12.6 |
Diet scenario non-dairy fat, low LA§ | -- | -- | 380 | 5.90 | 1.17 | -- | -- | -- | 5.1 |
* Based on 9.02 kcal/g of fish fat (USDA).
†Cooked fish values, estimated from USDA's raw fish values × 1.2.
‡Fat energy from Table 1 (moderate dairy intake, average- or high-fat diet, 33% or 45% fat energy). FA amounts
§Fat energy from Table 1 (moderate dairy intake, average-fat diet, 33% fat energy). FA amounts calculated as
shown in Table 3 sample calculation and footnote.