How much protein is in raw wild Atlantic salmon?

Raw wild Atlantic salmon has 19.8 g of protein per 100 g and 16.8 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 13.9 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Should salmon be weighed raw or cooked?

Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

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SalmonUSDA SR LegacyFDC 173686

Calories in raw wild Atlantic salmon

USDA FoodData Central record for “Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, raw” — per 100 g, per every USDA serving size, and next to the other salmon rows.

The short answer

Raw wild Atlantic salmon: 142 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 121 kcal with 16.8 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 173686, "Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, raw".

Per 100 g

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Share of energy
Energy	142 kcal	100%
Protein	19.8 g	56%
Fat	6.3 g	40%
Carbohydrate	0 g	0%

Raw wild Atlantic salmon is 142 kcal per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Of that energy, about 56% comes from protein, 40% from fat and 0% from carbohydrate. That works out to 13.9 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Per serving

The serving sizes USDA lists for this record, priced from the per-100 g figures above. Nothing here is rounded to a “portion” — the gram weight next to each label is what the calories are computed from.

Serving	Weight	Calories	Protein	Fat
100 g	100 g	142	19.8 g	6.3 g
3 oz	85 g	121	16.8 g	5.3 g
0.5 fillet	198 g	281	39.2 g	12.5 g

Compared with other salmon

Food	kcal / 100 g	Protein / 100 g	Per serving
Raw farmed Atlantic salmon	208	20.4 g	177 kcal · 3 oz
Cooked farmed Atlantic salmon	206	22.1 g	175 kcal · 3 oz
Raw wild Atlantic salmon	142	19.8 g	121 kcal · 3 oz
Cooked wild Atlantic salmon	182	25.4 g	155 kcal · 3 oz

The salmon rows exist in more than one state because water moves during cooking: this is the raw row. Weigh the food in the state you log and pick the row that matches — the calories don’t change in the pan, the grams do. The mechanics are in cooked vs raw weights.

Other tables in finfish and shellfish products

The same numbers for the foods this one usually shares a plate — or a shopping list — with.

Questions about raw wild Atlantic salmon

How many calories are in raw wild Atlantic salmon?: Raw wild Atlantic salmon: 142 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 121 kcal with 16.8 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 173686, "Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, raw".
How much protein is in raw wild Atlantic salmon?: Raw wild Atlantic salmon has 19.8 g of protein per 100 g and 16.8 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 13.9 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.
Should salmon be weighed raw or cooked?: Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

How calorie.one logs it

Type “raw wild Atlantic salmon” into calorie.one and the app matches this exact record — “Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, raw” — estimates the grams, and shows the line with its USDA label. You correct the amount; the per-100 g figure is never guessed. That split between recognition and arithmetic is the whole methodology. For the numbers in context, read How much protein do you need per day?.