Nutrition for Fish Sauce

Fish Sauce Nutrition Summary

One tablespoon of fish sauce (18 grams or 0.63 oz) contains 6 calories and 0.9 grams of protein. Fish sauce consist of 71% water, 4% carbohydrates, 5% protein, and less than 1% of total fat.

Fish sauce is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including magnesium and potassium.

In one tablespoon of fish sauce:

• Calories: 6
• Protein: 0.9 g
• Sugar: 0.7 g
• Sodium: 1413.2 mg

There is no significant amounts of dietary fiber, total fat, saturated fat or cholesterol in fish sauce.

See the Fish Sauce Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Sauce, fish, ready-to-serve.

Calories in Fish Sauce

Fish sauce has 6 calories per tablespoon or 33 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from protein and carbohydrates.

56% of calories in fish sauce are from protein and 44% of calories are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Fish Sauce

Some other soups or sauces with similar calories to fish sauce by weight:

• Beef Broth: -5 calories
• Chicken Broth: -5 calories
• Vegetable Broth: -5 calories
• Worcestershire Sauce: +8 calories

Protein in Fish Sauce

A great source of protein, a single tablespoon of Fish Sauce contains 2% of recommended daily values or 0.9 grams of protein. However, the protein in fish sauce is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, fish sauce is low in tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine and histidine.

• Protein: 0.91 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in fish sauce.

Protein Similar to Fish Sauce

Some other soups or sauces with similar amounts of protein to fish sauce by weight:

• Beef Broth: -0.7 grams
• Chicken Broth: -0.8 grams
• Vegetable Broth: -0.9 grams
• Worcestershire Sauce: -0.9 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Fish Sauce

An good source of nutrients, fish sauce contains abundant amounts of magnesium and potassium. In fact, a single tablespoon of fish sauce contains 10% of recommended daily values or 31.5 milligrams of magnesium.

Vitamins in fish sauce (1 tbsp):

• Vitamin a: 0.7 ug
• Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
• Niacin: 0.4 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 0.1 mg
• Folate: 9.2 ug
• Vitamin b12: 0.1 ug

Minerals in fish sauce (1 tbsp):

• Calcium: 7.7 mg
• Potassium: 51.8 mg
• Iron: 0.1 mg
• Magnesium: 31.5 mg
• Zinc: < 0.1 mg
• Selenium: 1.6 ug
• Phosphorus: 1.3 mg
• Copper: < 0.1 mg
• Manganese: < 0.1 mg
• Choline: 2.4 mg

There is no significant amounts of thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin e or vitamin k in fish sauce.

Similar to Fish Sauce for Magnesium

Here are some other soups or sauces with similarly abundant amounts of magnesium to fish sauce:

• Worcestershire Sauce: -29 MG
• Beef Broth: -31 MG
• Vegetable Broth: -31 MG
• Chicken Broth: -31 MG

Fish Sauce Nutrition Chart

Fish Sauce in Cooking

Fish sauce is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Most recipes call for one or two tablespoons of fish sauce.

Friends and Relatives of Fish Sauce

Foods commonly cooked with fish sauce:

• White Rice
• Miso
• Ginger Root
• Bean Sprouts
• Scallion
• Sesame Oil
• Cilantro