Salmon has delicately flavoured red meat with large, moist flakes. It can be used raw for carpaccio and sushi or cooked in a variety of ways.
Our offer in Atlantic salmon products includes fresh, frozen and smoked products in many formats and packaging options. Salmon can be prepared in a number of ways: it can be grilled, baked, micro waved, steamed, fried, stir-fried, poached, broiled and sautéed. Salmon is also delicious in soup and bouillabaisse.
The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is an anadromous fish, which means it migrates into freshwater to spawn but otherwise lives in the sea.
With wild Atlantic salmon becoming increasingly scarce, salmon farming started in the late 1960s and has developed since to a global production of 1,250,000 metric tons in 2007. Almost all of the Atlantic salmon now consumed is farmed.
Marine Harvest pioneered salmon farming in the late 1960s in Norway and Scotland. Atlantic salmon is our leading fish product, being farmed to universally high quality specifications and tight husbandry standards across all our salmon farming operations in Canada, Chile, the Faroes, Ireland, Norway and Scotland.
Salmon is an oily fish, rich in long chain omega-3 fatty acids (LC omega-3), which are essential for good health.
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Average nutritional values per 100 g: |
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Energy |
183 kcal/766 kJ |
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Protein |
19.9 g |
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Carbohydrates |
0 g |
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Fat
- of which saturated fat
- polyunsaturated fat
- of which LC omega-3
- EPA
- DHA |
10.9 g
2.2 g
3.9 g
2.7 g
0.6 g
1.3 g |
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Dietary fibre |
0 g |
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Sodium |
59 mg |