Nutrition for Anchovy (raw)

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More


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Anchovy Nutrition Summary

One ounce of raw anchovy (28.3 grams) contains 37 calories and 5.8 grams of protein. Anchovy consist of 73% water, 20% protein, 5% fat, and less than 1% of carbohydrates.

Anchovy is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including calcium and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of protein, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus and selenium.

In one ounce of raw anchovy:

  • Calories: 37
  • Protein: 5.8 g
  • Fat: 1.4 g, (Saturated: 0.4 g)
  • Cholesterol: 17 mg
  • Sodium: 29.5 mg
There is no significant amounts of sugar or dietary fiber in anchovy.

See the Anchovy Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Fish, anchovy, european, raw.

Calories in Anchovy

Anchovy has 37 calories per ounce or 131 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from protein and fat.

65% of calories in anchovy are from protein and 35% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Fat

A substantial amount, or 35% of the calories in raw Anchovy are from fat. Anchovy has a moderate amount of total fat, with 1.4 grams per ounce. Most of the fat in anchovy are healthier unsaturated fats.

Anchovy contains 17 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.

  • Total fat: 1.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 17 mg
  • Saturated fat: 0.4 g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 0.3 g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 0.5 g
There is no significant amounts of trans fat in anchovy.

Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Anchovy

Anchovy is a great source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, containing a total of 0.41 grams for every ounce. It contains significant amounts of DHA and EPA. [2]

  • DHA: 0.26 g
  • EPA: 0.15 g
Anchovy also contains a small amount of omega-6 fatty acids, mostly in the form of linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid. [2]

  • linoleic acid: 0.03 g
The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in anchovy is 0.1: 1.

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Protein in Anchovy

An excellent source of protein, a single ounce of Anchovy contains 12% of recommended daily values or 5.8 grams of protein. In addition, anchovy is also a source of complete protein, meaning it abundantly contains all 9 essential amino acids.

  • Protein: 5.77 g
  • Tryptophan: 0.06 g
  • Threonine: 0.25 g
  • Isoleucine: 0.27 g
  • Leucine: 0.47 g
  • Lysine: 0.53 g
  • Methionine: 0.17 g
  • Phenylalanine: 0.22 g
  • Valine: 0.3 g
  • Histidine: 0.17 g

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Vitamins and Minerals in Anchovy

An good source of nutrients, raw anchovy contains abundant amounts of calcium and potassium. In fact, a single ounce of anchovy contains 5% of recommended daily values or 108.5 milligrams of potassium. Also an excellent source of calcium, a single ounce of anchovy contains 4% of recommended daily values or 41.6 milligrams of calcium.

Vitamins in anchovy (1 oz):
  • Vitamin a: 4.2 ug
  • Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
  • Riboflavin: 0.1 mg
  • Niacin: 4 mg
  • Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
  • Vitamin e: 0.2 mg
  • Folate: 2.5 ug
  • Vitamin b12: 0.2 ug
  • Vitamin k: < 0.1 ug
Minerals in anchovy (1 oz):
  • Calcium: 41.6 mg
  • Potassium: 108.5 mg
  • Iron: 0.9 mg
  • Magnesium: 11.6 mg
  • Zinc: 0.5 mg
  • Selenium: 10.3 ug
  • Phosphorus: 49.3 mg
  • Copper: 0.1 mg
  • Manganese: < 0.1 mg
There is no significant amounts of choline, pantothenic acid or vitamin c in anchovy.

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Anchovy Nutrition Chart

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.

Anchovy in Cooking

Anchovy is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two fillets of anchovy.

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