Fish, herring, Pacific, flesh, air-dried, packed in oil (Alaska Native)
Not checked yet · database values 489 kcal per 100 g
Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.
Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.
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What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.
Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.
The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share. ?
- A lot
Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
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44.5 g in 100 g: 79% of the 56 g a day men need, 97% of the 46 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
1 more nutrient below “a lot”
- Almost none
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
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0.01 mg in 100 g: 1% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, 1% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, thiamin fact sheet for health professionals
Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: fibre, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K1, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, selenium, vitamin D, choline, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.
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How we counted this
We haven’t checked this food. Foods like it carry these, so they’re shown here until we do. None of them was measured in this food.
Fish are a main source of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs. EFSA's 2026 weekly limit protects the sons of future mothers, so this is a flag for women who are or may become pregnant, not a cap for everyone. Not measured for this food.
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How we got this
Finfish. Wave-2 ledgers, one daily serving against EFSA 2026 (0.6 pg WHO2022-TEQ/kg bw/week): sardines well above the limit, farmed salmon 22-121%, tuna 18-77%
What cuts it: Vary the fish you eat; trim fat and skin.
Also checked (nothing to act on) · 1
Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.
Methylmercury
Common in this kind of food; not tested in this oneHealth Canada sets no consumption limit for retail fish other than fresh or frozen tuna, shark, swordfish, marlin, orange roughy and escolar (and canned albacore in pregnancy). Fish carry some methylmercury; the level in this one is not measured.
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Name in the database: Fish, herring, Pacific, flesh, air-dried, packed in oil (Alaska Native)
Listed nutrients, per 100 g
For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.
| Nutrient | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 489 kcal | – | FDC Energy (kcal) used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) | – |
| 490 kcal | – | second database · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C | |
| Fat | 34.6 g | 7.08 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #169807 | C |
| 34.6 g | 7.08 g | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C | |
| Phosphorus | 684 mg | 139.88 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #169807 | C |
| 684 mg | 139.88 mg | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C | |
| Protein | 44.5 g | 9.1 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #169807 | C |
| 44.5 g | 9.1 g | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.01 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #169807 | C |
| 0.01 mg | 0 mg | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C | |
| Vitamin A | 390 µg | 79.75 µg | second database · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C |
| Water | 18.2 g | 3.72 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #169807 | C |
| 18.2 g | 3.72 g | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C |
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niacin (B3, preformed) | 2.2 mg | 0.45 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #169807 | C |
| 2.2 mg | 0.45 mg | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C | |
| Retinol | 390 µg | 79.75 µg | second database · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #5887 | C |
Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.
Hazard rows as the dataset rates them
- Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · Worth knowing · Fish are a main source of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs. EFSA's 2026 weekly limit protects the sons of future mothers, so this is a flag for women who are or may become pregnant, not a cap for everyone. Not measured for this food. · EFSA 2026
- Fish allergy · Worth knowing · Contains fish, a priority allergen (Health Canada). Not a label check: a mixed or processed food can contain allergens no default shows. · Health Canada, priority allergens
- Methylmercury · Context · Health Canada sets no consumption limit for retail fish other than fresh or frozen tuna, shark, swordfish, marlin, orange roughy and escolar (and canned albacore in pregnancy). Fish carry some methylmercury; the level in this one is not measured. · Health Canada, Mercury in Fish
Sources
- Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File 2026 (14th edition)
cnf-2026· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - EFSA CONTAM Panel (2026). Update of the risk assessment on dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feed and food. EFSA Journal 2026;24(6):10103. · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10103
efsa-2026-dioxins· full text read · CC BY-ND - USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, 2018-04
fdc-sr-legacy-2018-04· dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain) - Health Canada, Mercury in Fish
hc-mercury-fish· page · Government of Canada terms - Health Canada, Common food allergens (priority allergens list)
hc-priority-allergens· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright; not OGL)
Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.
The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.
The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.
Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.