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Description     [sort] Balance [sort]
Fish oil, salmon 263.1
Fish oil, menhaden 200.01
Fish, caviar, black and red, granular 166
Fish oil, sardine, sardines 165.64
Fish oil, cod liver 139.69
Fish, roe, mixed species, raw 109.92
Fish, mackerel, salted 108.88
Fish, roe, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 98.75
Fish, shad, american, raw 86.7
Fish oil, herring 86.01
Fish broth 85.31
Fish, salmon, chinook, raw 83.22
Fish, salmon, pink, canned, without salt, solids with bone and liquid 82.65
Fish, mackerel, Atlantic, raw 80.56
Fish, anchovy, european, raw 78.28
Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, raw 73.23
Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, cooked, dry heat 73.22
Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, raw 72.65
Fish, herring, Atlantic, raw 70.56
Fish, herring, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat 70.42
Fish, herring, Atlantic, kippered 70.28
Fish, anchovy, european, canned in oil, drained solids 68.26
Fish, mackerel, Pacific and jack, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 66.61
Fish, mackerel, Pacific and jack, mixed species, raw 66.08
Fish, mackerel, spanish, raw 63.81
Fish, herring, Pacific, raw 62.83
Fish, herring, Pacific, cooked, dry heat 62.8
Fish, whitefish, mixed species, raw 62.29
Fish, whitefish, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 62.18
Fish, tuna, fresh, bluefin, cooked, dry heat 61.11
Fish, tuna, fresh, bluefin, raw 60.91
Fish, salmon, chum, canned, drained solids with bone 59.64
Fish, salmon, chum, canned, without salt, drained solids with bone 59.64
Fish, salmon, pink, canned, drained solids 57.87
Fish, salmon, coho, wild, cooked, moist heat 57.51
Fish, salmon, pink, canned, total can contents 57.26
Fish, salmon, coho, wild, raw 57.25
Fish, salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids 57.16
Fish, mackerel, jack, canned, drained solids 57.08
Fish, salmon, chinook, cooked, dry heat 56.32
Fish, cisco, smoked 54.78
Fish, bass, striped, cooked, dry heat 54.59
Fish, bass, striped, raw 54.41
Fish, sablefish, raw 52.64
Fish, sablefish, cooked, dry heat 52.59
Fish, salmon, coho, wild, cooked, dry heat 52.59
Fish, sablefish, smoked 52.55
Fish, mackerel, spanish, cooked, dry heat 52.42
Fish, Salmon, pink, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones 51.82
Fish, sea bass, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 48.72
Fish, sea bass, mixed species, raw 48.65
Fish, bluefish, raw 47.89
Fish, bluefish, cooked, dry heat 47.84
Fish, smelt, rainbow, cooked, dry heat 47.77
Fish, smelt, rainbow, raw 47.64
Fish, salmon, coho, farmed, raw 47.59
Fish, tuna, white, canned in water, drained solids 45.86
Fish, tuna, white, canned in water, without salt, drained solids 45.86
Fish, salmon, coho, farmed, cooked, dry heat 45.6
Fish, shark, mixed species, raw 45.32
Jellyfish, dried, salted 44.92
Fish, sardine, sardines, Pacific, canned in tomato sauce, drained solids with bone 44.5
Fish, scup, raw 44.28
Fish, wolffish, Atlantic, raw 42.59
Fish, wolffish, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat 42.58
Fish, tilefish, cooked, dry heat 42.44
Fish, trout, rainbow, wild, cooked, dry heat 41.37
Fish, salmon, sockeye, raw 40.53
Fish, salmon, sockeye, cooked, dry heat 40.49
Fish, salmon, sockeye, canned, without salt, drained solids with bone 40.03
Fish, salmon, chum, raw 39.78
Fish, salmon, chum, cooked, dry heat 39.76
Soup, stock, fish, home-prepared 39.38
Fish, herring, Atlantic, pickled 38.42
Fish, swordfish, raw 37.3
Fish, swordfish, cooked, dry heat 37.29
Fish, spot, raw 36.99
Fish, spot, cooked, dry heat 36.94
Fish, halibut, Greenland, raw 35.92
Fish, halibut, greenland, cooked, dry heat 35.83
Fish, trout, mixed species, raw 34.54
Fish, trout, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 34.53
Fish, sucker, white, raw 34.34
Fish, trout, rainbow, farmed, cooked, dry heat 34.15
Fish, sucker, white, cooked, dry heat 34.12
Fish, trout, rainbow, farmed, raw 34.02
Fish, trout, rainbow, wild, raw 33.9
Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat 33.68
Fish, mackerel, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat 33.48
Fish, bass, freshwater, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 33.44
Fish, bass, fresh water, mixed species, raw 33.4
Fish, pollock, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat 31.81
Fish, pollock, Alaska, cooked, dry heat (may have been previously frozen) 31.8
Fish, pollock, Atlantic, raw 31.68
Fish, whiting, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 31.02
Fish, tilefish, raw 30.97
Fish, salmon, pink, raw 29.72
Fish, salmon, pink, cooked, dry heat 29.63
Fish, surimi 28.11
Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked 27.26
Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked, (lox), regular 27.26
Fish, drum, freshwater, raw 25.36
Fish, drum, freshwater, cooked, dry heat 25.32
Fish, cisco, raw 25.15
Fish, flatfish (flounder and sole species), raw 24.76
Fish, flatfish (flounder and sole species), cooked, dry heat 24.6
Fish, catfish, channel, wild, raw 23.03
Fish, snapper, mixed species, raw 22.83
Fish, mackerel, king, cooked, dry heat 22.57
Fish, mackerel, king, raw 22.48
Fish, rockfish, Pacific, mixed species, raw 22.19
Fish, rockfish, Pacific, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 22.03
Fish, pike, walleye, cooked, dry heat 21.82
Fish, pike, walleye, raw 21.77
Fish, pompano, florida, raw 21.63
Fish, pompano, florida, cooked, dry heat 21.56
Fish, pollock, Alaska, raw (may have been previously frozen) 20
Fish, mullet, striped, raw 19.79
Fish, sturgeon, mixed species, raw 19.52
Fish, sturgeon, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 19.51
Fish, sardine, sardines, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone 19.01
Fish, ocean perch, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat 18.27
Fish, ocean perch, Atlantic, raw 18.23
Fish, perch, mixed species, raw 17.71
Fish, perch, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 17.62
Fish, grouper, mixed species, raw 17.02
Fish, seatrout, mixed species, raw 16.62
Fish, seatrout, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 16.61
Fish, tuna, skipjack, fresh, cooked, dry heat 16.43
Fish, tuna, fresh, skipjack, raw 16.4
Fish, snapper, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 16.16
Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids 16.16
Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, without salt, drained solids 14.82
Fish, sheepshead, raw 14.74
Fish, cod, Atlantic, raw 14.65
Fish, haddock, smoked 14.5
Fish, mullet, striped, cooked, dry heat 14.45
Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, raw 14.21
Fish, croaker, Atlantic, raw 14.15
Fish, carp, cooked, dry heat 14.1
Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked, dry heat 14.07
Fish, carp, raw 14.06
Fish, lingcod, cooked, dry heat 13.59
Fish, whiting, mixed species, raw 13.37
Fish, trout, brook, raw, New York State 13.09
Fish, whitefish, mixed species, smoked 12.77
Fish, cod, Pacific, cooked, dry heat (may have been previously frozen) 12.28
Fish, cod, Pacific, raw (may have been previously frozen) 12.25
Fish, grouper, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 12.19
Fish, haddock, cooked, dry heat 11.66
Fish, haddock, raw 11.58
Fish, gefiltefish, commercial, sweet recipe 11.13
Fish, shark, mixed species, cooked, batter-dipped and fried 10.6
Fish, catfish, channel, wild, cooked, dry heat 9.68
Crustaceans, crayfish, mixed species, wild, raw 9.53
Fish, cod, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat 9.5
Fish, cod, Atlantic, canned, solids and liquid 9.43
Fish, cod, Atlantic, dried and salted 9.4
Fish, mahimahi, cooked, dry heat 9.19
Fish, mahimahi, raw 9.16
Crustaceans, crayfish, mixed species, farmed, raw 8.99
Mollusks, cuttlefish, mixed species, raw 8.7
Mollusks, cuttlefish, mixed species, cooked, moist heat 8.7
Crustaceans, crayfish, mixed species, wild, cooked, moist heat 8.65
Fish, pollock, Alaska, cooked (not previously frozen) 7.6
Fish, burbot, cooked, dry heat 7.38
Fish, burbot, raw 7.37
Fish, pike, northern, raw 7.27
Fish, pike, northern, cooked, dry heat 7.25
Crustaceans, crayfish, mixed species, farmed, cooked, moist heat 6.53
Fish, sturgeon, mixed species, smoked 6.5
Fish, sheepshead, cooked, dry heat 6.33
Fish, cod, Pacific, raw (not previously frozen) 6.26
Fish, cod, Pacific, cooked (not previously frozen) 6.23
Fish, pollock, Alaska, raw (not previously frozen) 6.19
Fish, eel, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 6.09
Fish, tilapia, raw 6.09
Fish, eel, mixed species, raw 6.08
Fish, tilapia, cooked, dry heat 5.51
Fish, tuna, yellowfin, fresh, cooked, dry heat 5.33
Fish, tuna, fresh, yellowfin, raw 5.24
Fish, sunfish, pumpkin seed, raw 4.9
Fish, sunfish, pumpkin seed, cooked, dry heat 4.86
Sauce, fish, ready-to-serve 0.6
Fish, roughy, orange, raw 0.46
Fish, roughy, orange, cooked, dry heat 0.33
Fish, lingcod, raw 0
Fish, pout, ocean, cooked, dry heat -0.4
Fish, pout, ocean, raw -0.41
Fish, catfish, channel, cooked, breaded and fried -1.34
Fish, tuna, white, canned in oil, drained solids -3.37
Fish, croaker, Atlantic, cooked, breaded and fried -3.91
PEPPERIDGE FARM, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Parmesan -5.87
PEPPERIDGE FARM, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Pizza -6.66
Crackers, flavored, fish-shaped -6.67
Fish, catfish, channel, farmed, cooked, dry heat -7.42
PEPPERIDGE FARM, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Original -7.42
Fish, catfish, channel, farmed, raw -7.55
Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, drained solids -8.65
Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solids -8.65
APPLEBEE'S, fish, hand battered -11.56
Restaurant, family style, fish fillet, battered or breaded, fried -13.35
Margarine-like spread, SMART BALANCE Omega Plus Spread (with plant sterols & fish oil) -13.46
McDONALD'S, FILET-O-FISH -14.37
Fast foods, fish sandwich, with tartar sauce and cheese -14.52
DENNY'S, fish fillet, battered or breaded, fried -14.91
Fish, tuna salad -15.55
BURGER KING, Premium Fish Sandwich -17.57
Fast foods, fish sandwich, with tartar sauce -17.78
Fish, fish sticks, frozen, prepared -22.54
CRACKER BARREL, farm raised catfish platter -23.35


Essential Fatty Acids are omega-3 and omega-6 nutrients. Omega 3-6 Balance Scores show the impact of essential fatty acids in a food item. Favor the white, green or blue labeled foods. Balance your food intake for better health.
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