Some of the content of nutrients in fish

In the fish can be found compounds that are useful for humans, namely protein, fat, little carbohydrate, vitamins and mineral salts. Protein component is the largest component other than water, because there were quite a lot of the fish is a source of animal protein with huge potential. Of the proteins that exist in fish obtained by various amino acids needed by the body and must be given from the outside because the body can not synthesize, whereas nonessential amino acids can be formed in the body (Rahayu et al., 1992)

Similarly, the fat content of some fish species are also quite high, so that various types of fish are often classified as a good source of fat. Based on fat content, fish were classified into two groups, namely fish fat if fat content is high and bony fish if the fat content low. Although the content of carbohydrates and vitamins in fish may be regarded as very low, but fish can provide these two components. Carbohydrate content contained in fish mostly in the form of polysaccharides, ie glycogen, while vitamin that is in fish that vitamin D and vitamin A.