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Table 3 Average value of major nutrients and micronutrients in fish products.

From: Role of inland fishery and aquaculture for food and nutrition security in Nepal

 

Macronutrients (%)

Elements (mg/100 g)

Product name

Protein

Moisture

Lipids

Carbohydrate

K

Na

Mg

Fe

Zn

Ca

Fresh water fish

14.8–22.8

68–78.5

0.6–19.4

2.3–6.9

49–501

158–780

22–187

0.31–15.95

0.4–40.2

–

Dry fish (sun dried)

64.9

13.96

4.21

16.9

–

–

–

–

–

–

Dried fish

58.5

19.7

11.24

 

–

–

–

–

–

–

Salted dry fish

62.2

13.4

6.03

18.4

–

–

–

–

–

–

Smoked dry fish

70.8

10.42

7.23

11.6

–

–

–

–

–

–

Crab small

11.2–13.48

65.3

9.8

9.1

5.20 ± 3.45

7.51 ± 4.10

0.81 ± 1.32

0.014 ± 1.13

0.15 ± 0.19

–

Turtle

16.4

–

13.4

–

150

69

10

0.9

1.6

18

Prawn

19.1

77.4

1

0.8

–

–

–

–

–

–

Snail (Pila globosa)

15.83 ± 1.03

71.61 ± 1.9

0.06 ± 0.02

5.54 ± 0.11

3.5 ± 0.23

13.38 ± 0.89

–

25 ± .98

–

1369.42 ± 91

Bivalve (Lamellidens marginalis)

13.39 ± 1.09

72.57 ± 2

4.71 ± 0.4

7.68 ± 0.56

0.33 ± .03

2.49 ± 0.19

–

98.75 ± 7.44

–

2130 ± 160

Water chest nut (Green variety)

0.275

62.5

0.84

8.7

5.22

0.64

90

200

600

0.25

Red variety

0.251

62.7

0.83

8.2

5.32

0.59

110

200

650

0.26

Makhan

15.6

12.1

1.35

61

–

–

–

–

–

–