Nutrition for Oyster (raw)
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Oyster Nutrition Summary
One raw oyster (14 grams or 0.49 oz) contains 8 calories and 0.7 grams of protein. Oyster consist of 86% water, 6% carbohydrates, 5% protein, and 2% fat.Oyster is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including Vitamin B12. It also contains significant amounts of iron, potassium, copper, phosphorus, zinc and selenium.
In one raw oyster:
- Calories: 8
- Protein: 0.7 g
- Fat: 0.2 g, (Saturated: 0.1 g)
- Cholesterol: 3.5 mg
- Sodium: 24.9 mg
See the Oyster Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Mollusks, oyster, eastern, farmed, raw.
Calories in Oyster
Oyster has 8 calories per oyster or 57 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates, protein and fat.41% of calories in oyster are from carbohydrates, 36% of calories are from protein and 23% of calories are from fat.
Calories from Fat
About 23% the calories in raw Oyster are from fat. Oyster has a moderate amount of total fat, with 0.2 grams per oyster. Most of the fat in oyster are healthier unsaturated fats.
Oyster contains 3.5 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.
Oyster contains 3.5 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.
- Total fat: 0.2 g
- Cholesterol: 3.5 mg
- Saturated fat: 0.1 g
- Monounsaturated fat: < 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1 g
Calories Similar to Oyster
Some other seafoods with similar calories to oyster by weight:- Shrimp: +2 calories
- Crab Meat: +3 calories
- Surimi Imitation Crab: +5 calories
- Salmon: +10 calories
Protein in Oyster
A single oyster contains 0.7 grams of protein. Although oyster is relatively low in protein, it does contain all 9 essential amino acids at small amounts.- Protein: 0.73 g
- Tryptophan: 0.01 g
- Threonine: 0.03 g
- Isoleucine: 0.03 g
- Leucine: 0.05 g
- Lysine: 0.05 g
- Methionine: 0.02 g
- Phenylalanine: 0.03 g
- Valine: 0.03 g
- Histidine: 0.01 g
Protein Similar to Oyster
Some other seafoods with similar amounts of protein to oyster by weight:- Surimi Imitation Crab: +0.3 grams
- Shrimp: +1.2 grams
- Crab Meat: +1.8 grams
- Anchovy: +2.1 grams
Vitamins and Minerals in Oyster
An good source of nutrients, raw oyster contains abundant amounts of Vitamin B12. In fact, a single oyster contains 95% of recommended daily values or 2.3 ug of Vitamin B12.Vitamins in oyster (1 medium):
- Vitamin a: 1.1 ug
- Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
- Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
- Niacin: 0.2 mg
- Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 0.7 mg
- Folate: 2.5 ug
- Vitamin b12: 2.3 ug
- Calcium: 6.2 mg
- Potassium: 17.4 mg
- Iron: 0.8 mg
- Magnesium: 4.6 mg
- Zinc: 5.3 mg
- Selenium: 8.9 ug
- Phosphorus: 13 mg
- Copper: 0.1 mg
- Manganese: 0.1 mg
Similar to Oyster for Vitamin B12
Here are some other seafoods with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin B12 to oyster:Oyster Nutrition Chart
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