Oysters are a seafood dish loved by the whole world and are called “milk of the sea”, “the king of protein in nature” due to their high nutritional content including proteins such as glycogen and amino acids, minerals such as calcium and zinc. This bivalve mollusk is popular in dishes around the world, often considered a delicacy and it provides almost all the essential nutrients for the human body. Nutritional value in oyster meat:
The data below shows the value and nutritional content in 100g of oyster meat
Calories and micronutrients
| Basic nutritional composition per 100 grams of oyster meat | |
| Calories / nutrients | Amount (kcal/gram) |
| Calories | 68 kcal |
| Carbohydrates | 3.9 g |
| Nutrients Fiber | – |
| Sugar | – |
| Fat | 2.5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0.8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat single | 0.3 g |
| Polyunsaturated fat | 1.0 g |
| Omega-3 | 672 mg |
| Omega-6 | 58 mg |
| Protein | 7.0 g |
Vitamins
| Vitamin content per 100 grams of oyster meat | |
| Vitamin | Content (% RDI) |
| Vitamin B12 | 324% |
| Vitamin D | 80% |
| Vitamin B1 | 7% |
| Vitamin B3 | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 6% |
| Vitamin B2 | 6% |
| Vitamin E | 4 % |
| Vitamin B6 | 3% |
| Folate | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 2% |
| Vitamin B5 | 2% |
Minerals
| Mineral content per 100 grams of oyster meat | |
| Minerals | Content (% RDI) |
| Zinc | 605% |
| Bronze | 223% |
| Selenium | 91% |
| Iron | 37% |
| Manganese | 18% |
| Phosphorus | 14% |
| Magnesium | 12% |
| Sodium | 9% |
| Calcium | 4 % |
| Potassium | 4 % |
RecordNote: RDI (Reference Daily Intake) is the daily intake level of a nutrient/amount sufficient to meet the requirements of a healthy person.
How to label foods according to RDI values:
RDI is used to determine the Daily Value (%DV) of foods, printed on nutrition labels (expressed as %DV) in the United States and Canada, and is managed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada.
The %DV value is proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is designed to help consumers determine how much of a specific nutrient a food/a dish contains, based on the DRI (Reference Daily Intake) for that nutrient. The % DV numbers (shown on nutrition labels) indicate the amount of food (conventionally for a person consuming an average of 2,000 calories/day) and are presented as a percentage of the total daily amount.
The labels “high“, “rich in” or “excellent source of” may be used on foods if they contain 20% or more of the RDI. The labels “good source“, “contains” or “provides” may be used on foods if they contain 10% to 20% of the RDI.
(Source: https://www.nutritionadvance.com/)
