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Table 1 Proximate composition (%) of salmon body parts

From: Salmon processing discards: a potential source of bioactive peptides – a review

Sample

Moisture

Protein

Lipid

Ash

References

Gut

50–60.45

10.38–13.8

22.12–30

1.8–1.94

(Aas, et al. 2022; Dave et al. 2014; Malcorps et al. 2021)

Head

62–63.35

11.31–14

17–21.86

3.51–4.4

Frame/ trimmings

55–57.18

16.36–19

22.65–27

3.64–6

Fillet

68.80–75

18.7–20.90

11.30–21.3

1.80–2.2

Whole fish

64.50–75

16.7–17.90

17.30–22.12

1.88–2.2