Fish
Head
Rainbow Trout head is soup and grill material—cheeks, collar scraps, and collagen on a small bony frame. Yield is modest on portion-sized fish but flavour for stock is excellent. Simmer for broth or split and grill after seasoning. Pick meat carefully; use the broth the same day.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 9.33 g
- Saturated Fat 1 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1.95 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 6.08 g
- Cholesterol 56.2 mg
- Sodium 82.3 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 16.1 g
- Water 70.7 g
- Energy 172 kcal
- Water 70.7 g
- Protein 16.1 g
- Fat 9.33 g
- Saturated Fat 1 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1.95 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 6.08 g
- Omega-3 2.43 g
- Vitamins 51.9 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.1 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.15 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 4.07 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.71 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.4 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 3 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 11.7 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 11.6 µg
- Vitamin E 1.44 mg
- Vitamin K 0.5 µg
- Minerals 412 mg
- Major Minerals 410 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Cholesterol 56.2 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.1 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.15 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 4.07 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.71 · vitamin-b6: 0.4 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 3 · vitamin-b9-folate: 11.7 · vitamin-d: 11.6 · vitamin-e: 1.44 · vitamin-k: 0.5 ·
Minerals
Heads mix lean meat, collagen, and small fat deposits—great for stock more than pure macros.
History
Rainbow Trout heads went into camp soups wherever the fish was cleaned whole.
Home cooks made head broth from rainbow trout while bodies were fried or smoked.
Chef whole-fish programmes returned rainbow trout heads to stocks and specials.