Fish
Whole
Whole Tuna is gutted fish cooked on the bone—roast, steam, or fry. Scale and clean the cavity; score thick areas for even heat. Keep tuna whole iced until cooking; pat dry for browning, and stop when just opaque (or leave a rare centre on quality loins for steaks and sashimi). Sashimi, searing, canning, and poke suit the cut. Season with salt, acid, and fat that frame dense steak-like muscle.
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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 10.8 g
- Saturated Fat 1.04 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 2.07 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 5.97 g
- Cholesterol 54.3 mg
- Sodium 82.8 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 19.9 g
- Water 69.5 g
- Energy 203 kcal
- Water 69.5 g
- Protein 19.9 g
- Fat 10.8 g
- Saturated Fat 1.04 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 2.07 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 5.97 g
- Omega-3 2.39 g
- Vitamins 54.1 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.11 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 4.34 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.75 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.43 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 3.2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 12.5 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 12.4 µg
- Vitamin E 1.54 mg
- Vitamin K 0.5 µg
- Minerals 452 mg
- Major Minerals 451 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Cholesterol 54.3 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.11 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.16 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 4.34 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.75 · vitamin-b6: 0.43 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 3.2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 12.5 · vitamin-d: 12.4 · vitamin-e: 1.54 · vitamin-k: 0.5 ·
Minerals
Whole form averages edible parts as typically consumed.
History
Coastal cooks portioned tuna into whole pieces for even cooking and trade.
Filleting lines and frozen packs made whole of tuna available inland.
Restaurants standardised specialty whole portions of tuna for plate timing.