Food detail / Source: USDA

Blue mussels — reference photograph

Blue mussels

Category: Meat, fish, seafood or egg

Preparation: Blue mussels, cooked with moist heat.

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Steamed Mussels 3 · Evan Cooper · CC BY 2.0. Cropped to a square, resized and converted to WebP.

Reference photograph; not the sample analyzed by USDA.

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Calories

172.0 kcal

Protein

23.8 g

Carbohydrates

7.4 g

Fat

4.5 g

Fiber

0.0 g

Water

61.1 g

Calcium

33.0 mg

Iron

6.7 mg

Magnesium

37.0 mg

Phosphorus

285.0 mg

Potassium

268.0 mg

Sodium

369.0 mg

Vitamin C

13.6 mg

Thiamin

0.3 mg

Riboflavin

0.4 mg

Niacin

3.0 mg

Vitamin B6

0.1 mg

Folate

76.0 µg

Vitamin B12

24.0 µg

Vitamin A

91.0 µg

Cholesterol

56.0 mg

USDA composition per 100 g for this preparation. Missing values and results below quantification limits remain unavailable for arithmetic; see USDA for the original limits. These data do not establish a food-specific health benefit.

Reported amino acids

Tryptophan: 0.3 gThreonine: 1.0 gIsoleucine: 1.0 gLeucine: 1.7 gLysine: 1.8 gMethionine: 0.5 gCystine: 0.3 gPhenylalanine: 0.9 gTyrosine: 0.8 gValine: 1.0 gArginine: 1.7 gHistidine: 0.5 gAlanine: 1.4 gAspartic acid: 2.3 gGlutamic acid: 3.2 gGlycine: 1.5 gProline: 1.0 gSerine: 1.1 g
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