From: Role of inland fishery and aquaculture for food and nutrition security in Nepal
 | Macronutrients (%) | Elements (mg/100 g) | ||||||||
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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 | – | – | – | – | – | – |