The calorie content of raw salmon (in 100 grams of edible portion) is 139 calories (581 kJ).

Nutritional value of salmon:

Salmon is rich in nutrients, rich in unsaturated fatty acids, and the protein in the flesh of the fish contains 18 of the amino acids (including eight essential amino acids), and the protein content is significantly higher than that in other fishes ? In addition, salmon is also rich in a variety of minerals (such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc.).

Salmon is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can effectively reduce blood lipids and blood cholesterol, and combat cardiovascular disease, two meals a week, you can reduce the probability of death by heart attack by one-third. Salmon also contains a substance called astaxanthin, a very powerful antioxidant. The omega-3 fatty acids it contains are essential substances for the brain, retina and nervous system, and have the effect of enhancing brain function, preventing Alzheimer's and preventing vision loss.

Salmon can effectively prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, development, has a high nutritional value, enjoy the "water treasures" reputation.

Salmon is the common name for some salmonids, originally referring to the salmon genus Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), with the development of the aquaculture industry, business will also be the Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) and other fish known as "salmon". For example, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a cold-water pond-farmed fish in the salmon family Salmo salar, is now also called "salmon" by some merchants.

Salmon, also known as Salmon or Salmon, is one of the more commonly used fish ingredients in Western cuisine. In different countries in the consumer market salmon covers different kinds of salmon, Norway salmon is mainly for the Atlantic salmon, Finland salmon is mainly farmed large size red meat rainbow trout, the United States salmon is mainly Alaska salmon. Salmon generally refers to the salmoniform order Salmonidae Pacific salmon genus of fish, there are many kinds of species, such as China's northeastern production of salmon and humpback salmon and so on.

There are more than 30 species of salmon with commercial value, and the most common at present are 2 kinds of trout (salmon trout, golden trout) and 4 kinds of salmon (Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, Arctic white-spot salmon, silver salmon).