Healthy Benefits

Fresh Scottish Salmon is a natural healthy choice containing many nutritional benefits. For instance compared to hamburger, steak, and pork loin, salmon contains 20 % more protein. Salmon is a highly digestible protein packed with vitamin A and carotenoids, which are thought to help prevent cancer. Additional nutritional benefits associated with salmon, which have been well researched and documented in medical journals include:

  • An average portion of salmon provides over half the daily allowance of protein.
  • In addition to vitamin A and carotenoids, salmon contains B vitamins, particularly niacin and vitamin D, which helps a body to absorb calcium.
  • Salmon contains far less saturated fat than an equal portion of virtually any other meat or poultry protein source.
  • Salmon is an excellent source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, known as omega-3 fatty acids – these are the “good” kind of fat, which have been associated with reducing heart disease and inhibiting the onset of inflammatory diseases. It is no coincidence that Japan consumes the highest amount of salmon per head, and has the lowest level of heart disease in the world.
  • Omega-3 fatty acids are a nutritional benefit found in all oily fish and are not contained in any meat and few other seafood products in any significant degree.

Professor Hugh Pennington of the Food Standards Agency recommends it “As well as being a particular tasty product, it is good for our health”