Assize Index

The Seafood Nutrition Guide (Fish & Shellfish)

Mussels

ShellfishFresh or frozenMethods

Not listed in the FDA/EPA Advice about Eating Fish (revised October 2021), so no category is shown.

Composition per 100 g as eaten — cooked, or canned and drained. Mercury is FDA’s species mean, as FDA publishes it; for species FDA does not cover, the sample-weighted mean of the surveys listed. Dioxins + PCBs are survey means (or a median, where noted) per gram of fish as sold, in each survey’s own TEQ scheme. Not in FDA's mercury table or the FDA/EPA advice chart, so no FDA/EPA category is shown. The mercury cell is the sample-weighted mean of the surveys listed under it. No wild or farmed tag: NOAA Fisheries says blue mussels are harvested from both wild and farmed sources.

EPA + DHA(g/100g)

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Mollusks, mussel, blue, cooked, moist heat (FDC 174217) (2019)

Omega-6 (LA)(g/100g)

EPA + DHA : LA 22 : 1 display only, not scored. Why

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Mollusks, mussel, blue, cooked, moist heat (FDC 174217) (2019)

Mercury(ppm)

Sample-weighted mean of 2 surveys, 373 samples (2025)

Dioxins + PCBs(pg TEQ/g)

EFSA CONTAM Panel — Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feed and food. EFSA Journal 2018;16(11):5333 (2018)

Protein(g/100g)

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Mollusks, mussel, blue, cooked, moist heat (FDC 174217) (2019)

Energy(kcal/100g)

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Mollusks, mussel, blue, cooked, moist heat (FDC 174217) (2019)

Saturated(g/100g)

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Mollusks, mussel, blue, cooked, moist heat (FDC 174217) (2019)

Sodium(mg/100g)

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy — Mollusks, mussel, blue, cooked, moist heat (FDC 174217) (2019)

An empty cell means we do not yet have a method-cited source. Rank 1 wins the published rule; it is not medical advice.