Salmon
Salmon is an oily fish commonly grilled, roasted, poached, smoked, or served raw.
About Salmon
Salmon is the edible flesh of fish commonly sold as fresh, frozen, canned, cured, or smoked portions. It is usually prepared by grilling, roasting, baking, poaching, steaming, or pan-cooking, and some carefully handled forms are served raw.
The flesh is typically firm yet tender, with a pronounced savoury flavour and colour ranging from pale pink to deep orange-red. Appearance, fat distribution, flavour, and texture vary with species, life stage, feed, and whether the fish is wild, farmed, fresh, frozen, cured, or smoked.
Salmon is sold as fillets, steaks, trimmed portions, whole fish, flakes, or preserved pieces. Cooking generally firms and opacifies the flesh, while curing and smoking alter texture, colour, and flavour; canned forms are separated into flakes or pieces. These forms are not interchangeable in culinary use.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Main dishes
Snacks
Candied BC Salmon
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Local names for salmon
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
salmon
サーモン
sāmon
연어
yeoneo
saumon
Lachs
salmón
salmão
salmone
zalm
laks
lax
laks
lohi
lax
łosoś
losos
losos
lazac
somon
сьомга
somga
лосось
lososʹ
лосось
lososʹ
σολομός
solomós
somon
سلمون
salmūn
סלמון
salmon
鲑鱼
guīyú
सामन
sāman
স্যালমন
syālman
சால்மன்
sālmaṉ
సాల్మన్
sālman
സാൽമൺ
sālmaṇ
ಸಾಲ್ಮನ್
sālman
salmon
salmon
cá hồi
ปลาแซลมอน
plā sǣlmn
samoni
solomós
Romanised form
sālman
Romanised form
sāmon
Romanised form
canned salmon
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Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farm raised, raw
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Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat
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Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, raw
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Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, cooked, dry heat
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Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, raw
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Fish, salmon, baked or broiled
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Fish, salmon, baked or broiled, coated
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Fish, salmon, canned
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Fish, salmon, chinook, cooked, dry heat
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Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked
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Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked, (lox), regular
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Fish, salmon, chum, canned, drained solids with bone
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Fish, salmon, chum, canned, without salt, drained solids with bone
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Fish, salmon, chum, cooked, dry heat
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Fish, salmon, chum, dried (Alaska Native)
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Fish, salmon, coho, farmed, cooked, dry heat
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Fish, salmon, coho, wild, cooked, dry heat
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Fish, salmon, coho, wild, cooked, moist heat
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Fish, salmon, fried
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Fish, salmon, grilled
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Fish, salmon, king, chinook, kippered, canned (Alaska Native)
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Fish, salmon, king, chinook, smoked and canned (Alaska Native)
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Fish, salmon, king, chinook, smoked, brined (Alaska Native)
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Fish, salmon, king, with skin, kippered, (Alaska Native)
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Fish, salmon, pink, canned, drained solids
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Fish, Salmon, pink, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones
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grilled salmon
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Microwaved farmed salmon
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pavés de saumon
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raw farmed Salmon
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Salmo sea salmon in oil (canned)
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salmon (no salt or oil added)
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salmon fillet
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Salmon fillets
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Salmon nuggets, breaded, frozen, heated
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Salmon nuggets, cooked as purchased, unheated
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Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, grilled, no added fat
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Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, raw
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Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, steamed, no added fat
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Salmon, farmed, flesh only, baked
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Salmon, farmed, flesh only, grilled
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Salmon, farmed, flesh only, grilled, weighed with bones and skin
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Salmon, farmed, flesh only, raw
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Salmon, farmed, flesh only, steamed
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Salmon, farmed, flesh only, steamed, fillets weighed with bones and skin
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Salmon, flavoured, canned
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Salmon, Pacific King, fillet, skinless, grilled, no added fat
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Salmon, Pacific King, fillet, skinless, raw
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Salmon, Pacific King, fillet, steamed, no added fat
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Salmon, pink, canned in brine, drained
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Salmon, red (sockeye), filets with skin, smoked (Alaska Native)
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Salmon, red, canned in brine, drained
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Salmon, red, canned in brine, skinless and boneless, drained
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Salmon, smoked (cold-smoked)
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Salmon, smoked (hot-smoked)
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Salmon, smoked, sliced
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Salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones
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Salmon, sockeye, canned, total can contents
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Salmon, wild, baked
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Salmon, wild, flesh only, raw
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Salmon, wild, grilled
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Salmon, wild, steamed
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saumon cuit
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Saumon farci, préemballé
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Saumon fumé
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Saumon fumé, à l'aneth et au citron
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Saumon fumé, aux cinq baies
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Saumon, appertisé, égoutté
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Saumon, cuit à la vapeur
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Saumon, cuit, sans précision (aliment moyen)
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Saumon, élevage, bouilli/cuit à l'eau
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Saumon, élevage, cru
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Saumon, élevage, cuit au micro-onde
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Saumon, élevage, fumé
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Saumon, élevage, rôti/cuit au four
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Saumon, grillé/poêlé
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Saumon, sauvage, cru
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Saumon, sauvage, fumé
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sālmaṉ
Romanised form
salmūn
Romanised form
lososʹ
Romanised form
yeoneo
Romanised form
syālman
Romanised form
guīyú
Romanised form
sāman
Romanised form
sālmaṇ
Romanised form
lososʹ
Romanised form
somga
Romanised form
plā sǣlmn
Romanised form
sālman
Romanised form
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Salmon nutrition & diet
Salmon nutritional value
Reference: Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, raw
Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.
- Calories
- 230.6kcal
- Protein
- 20.5g
- Carbs
- 0.0g
- Fat
- 16.7g
Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F007827. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.
Portions & preparation
Use the edible salmon flesh and identify species, farmed or wild origin when available, and preparation. Raw, baked, poached, grilled, smoked, canned, salted, and breaded forms are not interchangeable. Account separately for skin, bones, oils, sauces, marinades, and accompanying ingredients.
Compare the right form: Match the reference to identified salmon species and edible flesh, specifying raw, cooked, smoked, canned, salted, breaded, skin-on, or boneless form.
Diet considerations
Salmon is animal-derived fish. Compatibility changes with breading, wheat or other cereal coatings, dairy sauces, marinades, smoking ingredients, and added fats. Raw, cooked, smoked, and canned products have different processing contexts, while mixed dishes may contain other animal ingredients or cereal components.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganTypically incompatible
- VegetarianTypically incompatible
- PescatarianTypically compatible
- KetoMay be compatible
- PaleoMay be compatible
- Low-carbMay be compatible
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Typically incompatible
- The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
- Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
- The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
- Pescatarian · Typically compatible
- Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
- Keto · May be compatible
- The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
- Paleo · May be compatible
- May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
- Low-carb · May be compatible
- The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.
Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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