Smelt is usually called Thogai meen, but it's mostly called Nethali as they are part of the same family, the difference is that anchovy has wide mouth and long eyes than the smelt ones.
Other tamil names : Thogai meen
Fish, anchovy, european, raw
Refuse: 0%
Scientific Name: Engraulis encrasicholus (L.)
NDB No: 15001 (Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion)
| Nutrient | Units | Value per 100 grams | Number of Data Points | Std. Error |
| Proximates | ||||
| Water | g | 73.37 | 1 | 0 |
| Energy | kcal | 131 | 0 | 0 |
| Energy | kJ | 548 | 0 | 0 |
| Protein | g | 20.35 | 1 | 0 |
| Total lipid (fat) | g | 4.84 | 26 | 0.318 |
| Ash | g | 1.44 | 1 | 0 |
| Minerals | ||||
| Calcium, Ca | mg | 147 | 2 | 0 |
| Iron, Fe | mg | 3.25 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Magnesium, Mg | mg | 41 | 2 | 0 |
| Phosphorus, P | mg | 174 | 3 | 26.408 |
| Potassium, K | mg | 383 | 2 | 0 |
| Sodium, Na | mg | 104 | 2 | 0 |
| Zinc, Zn | mg | 1.72 | 4 | 0.126 |
| Copper, Cu | mg | 0.211 | 10 | 0.086 |
| Manganese, Mn | mg | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Selenium, Se | mcg | 36.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamins | ||||
| Thiamin | mg | 0.055 | 1 | 0 |
| Riboflavin | mg | 0.256 | 1 | 0 |
| Niacin | mg | 14.024 | 1 | 0 |
| Pantothenic acid | mg | 0.645 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin B-6 | mg | 0.143 | 1 | 0 |
| Folate, DFE | mcg_DFE | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin B-12 | mcg | 0.62 | 1 | 0 |
| Vitamin B-12, added | mcg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin A, RAE | mcg_RAE | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Retinol | mcg | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin A, IU | IU | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | mg | 0.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | mcg | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lipids | ||||
| Fatty acids, total saturated | g | 1.282 | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | g | 0.014 | 1 | 0 |
| 14:00 | g | 0.302 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:00 | g | 0.715 | 1 | 0 |
| 18:00 | g | 0.252 | 1 | 0 |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | g | 1.182 | 0 | 0 |
| 16:1 undifferentiated | g | 0.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 18:1 undifferentiated | g | 0.624 | 1 | 0 |
| 22:1 undifferentiated | g | 0.115 | 1 | 0 |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | g | 1.637 | 0 | 0 |
| 18:2 undifferentiated | g | 0.097 | 1 | 0 |
| 18:3 undifferentiated | g | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18:04 | g | 0.055 | 1 | 0 |
| 20:4 undifferentiated | g | 0.007 | 1 | 0 |
| 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | g | 0.538 | 1 | 0 |
| 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | g | 0.029 | 1 | 0 |
| 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | g | 0.911 | 1 | 0 |
| Cholesterol | mg | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Amino acids | ||||
| Tryptophan | g | 0.228 | 0 | 0 |
| Threonine | g | 0.892 | 0 | 0 |
| Isoleucine | g | 0.938 | 0 | 0 |
| Leucine | g | 1.654 | 0 | 0 |
| Lysine | g | 1.869 | 0 | 0 |
| Methionine | g | 0.602 | 0 | 0 |
| Cystine | g | 0.218 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenylalanine | g | 0.794 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrosine | g | 0.687 | 0 | 0 |
| Valine | g | 1.048 | 0 | 0 |
| Arginine | g | 1.217 | 0 | 0 |
| Histidine | g | 0.599 | 0 | 0 |
| Alanine | g | 1.231 | 0 | 0 |
| Aspartic acid | g | 2.084 | 0 | 0 |
| Glutamic acid | g | 3.038 | 0 | 0 |
| Glycine | g | 0.977 | 0 | 0 |
| Proline | g | 0.72 | 0 | 0 |
| Serine | g | 0.83 | 0 | 0 |
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 23 (2010)