616 %
Vitamin B12 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the normal function of the immune system and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
How many calories are in canned anchovies?
267kcal
in a 140 g fillet
191 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 16-448, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
14 gFat
35.3 gProtein
0 gFibre
616 %Daily vitamin B12
What’s in a 140 g fillet
About a third of a fillet is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly protein.
- 14 gFat
- 35.3 gProtein
- 65 gWater
- 25.8 gMinerals and the rest
Above average for fish and seafood
Anchovies are 191 kcal per 100 g. The 170 fish and seafood in this database average 138.
Anchovies191
Fish and seafood average138
High in salt
14.7 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).
Salt, per fillet20.5 g
Sugars, per fillet0 g
Vitamins and minerals in anchovies
Six of the 14 reach the “high in” level, led by vitamin B12.
Show all 14 with amounts
Chloride12740 mg, 1593 %
Vitamin B120.0154 mg, 616 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)11.9 mg, 74 %
Phosphorus420 mg, 60 %
Calcium420 mg, 53 %
Zinc4.2 mg, 42 %
Iron5.7 mg, 41 %
Copper0.24 mg, 24 %
Magnesium78.4 mg, 21 %
Potassium322 mg, 16 %
Folate0.0252 mg, 13 %
Manganese0.25 mg, 13 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.14 mg, 10 %
Vitamin A0.0798 mg, 10 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What anchovies don’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin C or thiamin, and only 7.1 % of the vitamin A reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein anchovies
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Thiamin (vitamin B1)
Tracein anchovies
Find it inWheatgerm164 % per 100 g
Vitamin A
7.1%in anchovies, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, calf, fried3152 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Anchovies against other fish and seafood
Anchovies come second for vitamin B12 here, just behind prawns (standard, dried).
0.0127mg
0.011mg
0.005mg
0.003mg
0.003mg
Prawns, standard, dried+0.0017 mg
Anchovies, canned in oil, drainedthis page
White fish, dried, salted−0.008 mg
Shrimps, boiled−0.008 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against anchovies.
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Questions about anchovies
Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.
How many calories are in a portion of anchovies?
A typical portion (140 g, one fillet) gives 267 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 191 kcal.
Is anchovies high in chloride?
Yes. Anchovies, canned in oil, drained have 9100 mg chloride per 100 g, 1138 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals do anchovies have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (9100 mg, 1138 %), vitamin B12 (0.011 mg, 440 %) and niacin (8.5 mg, 53 %) per 100 g.
Are anchovies a good source of protein?
Anchovies, canned in oil, drained have 25.2 g protein per 100 g, 53 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 16-448, Anchovies, canned in oil, drained, 10 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Data from Fish and Fish Products Supplement, 1993 (16-168) except fatty acids and phytosterols from RHM, fatty acids in foods, 1993. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a fillet is 140 g, one fillet, the usual UK portion for fish and seafood. Edible proportion: 74 % of the weight as bought is eaten. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 170 fish and seafood kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most vitamin B12.
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