Smelt, cooked leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Smelt, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bluefish, cooked for less sodium.
Pick Smelt, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, potassium and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better16.16 g18.23 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat3.42 g2.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.74 g0.47 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN48.43 mg62.1 mg
- Potassiummore is better300 mg300 mg
- Calciummore is better5.66 mg62.1 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.39 mg0.93 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better26.42 mg30.65 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

