Sockeye Salmon

Sockeye Salmon
 

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