Nutrients and Chemical Residues in One‐ to Two‐Pound Mississippi Farm‐raised Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

Abstract

ABSTRACT Composite samples of Mississippi farm‐raised channel catfish (FRCC) fillets were analyzed at four different seasons for the following: proximate composition, cholesterol, fatty acids, eight vitamins, eleven minerals, four heavy metals and eight chemical residues. Nutrients and other compounds did not vary appreciably with season. Mississippi FRCC were higher in fat, calories and thiamin compared with USDA and wild catfish data and had much less cholesterol than previously reported. Monounsaturates comprised over half the fatty acids in FRCC and omega‐3 fatty acid content was low. Chemical residues were not detectable or present in extremely small amounts.