King Salmon

King Salmon
 

Also known as Chinook, wild Alaska king salmon is prized for its color, high oil content, firm texture and succulent flesh

  • Provides marine derived omega-3 fatty acids, essential to the human body 

  • DHA and EPA in wild Alaska king salmon are the most studied, beneficial, and readily usable healthy fats for the body 

  • Harvested by gillnetting, trolling, and seining from Southeast Alaska, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska

  • Preparing methods: baking, broiling, grilling, poaching, sautéing, smoking, sushi/sashimi, roasting, steaming 

  • High oil content = difficult to overcook 

Nutrition:
Cooked, per 3.0 oz./ 85 g of wild Alaska King Salmon

  • Calories: 200

  • Protein (g): 22 (44% DV) 

  • Fat (g): 11

  • Saturated Fat (g): 3

  • Sodium (mg): 50

  • Cholesterol (mg): 70

  • Omega-3s 

  • DHA+EPA (mg): 1476

  • Vitamin B12 (mcg): 2.4 (100% DV)

  • Vitamin A (mcg): 130

  • Vitamin D (mcg): N/A

  • Selenium (mcg): 40

  • Potassium (mcg): 430

  • Iron (mg): 0.8

  • Calcium (mg): 20

DV = Daily Value