Sockeye Salmon

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Also known as Red or Blueback Salmon, wild Alaska sockeye salmon is a high-oil content species of salmon known for its rich flavor and distinctive deep red flesh, which retains its color throughout cooking 

• Firm, smooth texture, robust flavor, vivid color 

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

• Possess a carotenoid pigment called astaxanthin (an antioxidant that may help prevent cancer, promotes skin and heart health, and can alleviate joint pain) 

• 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 Sockeye Salmon

• Calories: 130

• Protein (g): 23 (46% DV) 

• Fat (g): 5

• Saturated Fat (g): 1

• Sodium (mg): 80

• Cholesterol (mg): 50

• Omega-3s 

• DHA+EPA (mg): 730 

• Vitamin B12 (mcg): 3.8 (158% DV)

• Vitamin A (mcg): 50

• Vitamin D (mcg): 14.2 (71% DV)

• Selenium (mcg): 30

• Potassium (mcg): 370

• Iron (mg): 0.4

• Calcium (mg): 10

DV = Daily Value