Fish
Head
Sardine head yields cheeks, collar meat and stock. Not a boneless convenience cut, but high flavour. Clean gills if bitter, simmer or roast with aromatics, pick meat carefully. Central to many coastal broths. Taste a scrap if quality seems uncertain before committing a whole batch.
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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 9.81 g
- Saturated Fat 1.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1.88 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 5.87 g
- Cholesterol 54.3 mg
- Sodium 76.7 mg
- Salt 0.19 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 16.1 g
- Water 71.5 g
- Energy 170 kcal
- Water 71.5 g
- Protein 16.1 g
- Fat 9.81 g
- Saturated Fat 1.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1.88 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 5.87 g
- Omega-3 2.35 g
- Vitamins 50.7 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.1 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.15 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 3.93 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.68 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.39 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.9 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 11.3 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 11.2 µg
- Vitamin E 1.39 mg
- Vitamin K 0.5 µg
- Minerals 432 mg
- Major Minerals 431 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.19 g
- Cholesterol 54.3 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: 3.93 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.68 · vitamin-b6: 0.39 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.9 · vitamin-b9-folate: 11.3 · vitamin-d: 11.2 · vitamin-e: 1.39 · vitamin-k: 0.5 ·
Minerals
Heads mix lean meat, collagen, and small fat deposits—great for stock more than pure macros.
History
Coastal fisheries and markets sold sardine whole and in pieces long before industrial freezing, including named head portions.
Coastal fisheries and markets sold sardine whole and in pieces long before industrial freezing, including named head portions.
Coastal fisheries and markets sold sardine whole and in pieces long before industrial freezing, including named head portions.