Calories in Salmon

The first major nutrient you’re going to get when you eat a piece of salmon is protein. Rich in all the amino acids required for muscle building, you’ll be doing your hard working muscles a big favour when having this in your diet.
Salmon is also a terrific source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are the healthy fats that we discussed in the introduction. In addition to that, salmon is also going to provide your entirely daily requirements for tryptophan as well as vitamin D, so if you’re looking to improve your intake of those nutrients, it will get the job done.

Salmon Calorie Count

Calories per serve (average serve of 100 grams or 3.5 ounces)

• Salmon Atlantic 155
• Salmon Tasmanian 150
• Salmon, Chinook 100
• Salmon, Chum 130
• Salmon, Sockeye 185
• Salmon, smoked 100
• Salmon, canned, pink 185
• Salmon, canned, red 195

(Calorie count is approximate guide only)
Salmon Calorie Comparison

• Beef steak contains about 275
• Chicken contains 120
• Lamb Chop 360
• Pork Chop 320 

Storing/Selecting

You can purchase salmon in many different forms including fresh salmon, canned salmon, frozen salmon, or smoked salmon.  All will offer nutrient benefits so it comes down to what your personal preference is.  If you choose to purchase canned salmon and eat it with the bones it, it should be noted that this will also then be a great source of calcium as well.
Whenever you can, always opt to purchase wild salmon over farmed salmon however as there are far less chemicals found on average in wild salmon compared to farmed.  In addition to that, farmed salmon contains much more fat than wild salmon, so that can also come into play if you’re trying to watch your overall body weight.