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How many calories are in cooked kippers?

270kcal

in a 140 g fillet

193 kcal per 100 g.

Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 16-398, 9 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.

18.5 gFat

26 gProtein

0 gFibre

532 %Daily vitamin B12

Kippers, flesh only, boil in the bag, with butter, cooked

What’s in a 140 g fillet

More than half of a fillet is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly protein.

  • 18.5 gFat
  • 26 gProtein
  • 89 gWater
  • 6.4 gMinerals and the rest

Above average for fish and seafood

Kippers are 193 kcal per 100 g. The 170 fish and seafood in this database average 138.

Kippers193
Fish and seafood average138

High in salt

2.2 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).

Salt, per fillet3 g

Vitamins and minerals in kippers

Five of the 22 reach the “high in” level, led by vitamin B12.

532 %

Vitamin B12

0.0133 mg in a 140 g fillet

20th of 143 fish and seafood

Vitamin B12 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the normal function of the immune system and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

Vitamin D0.0155 mg311 %
Chloride1708 mg214 %
Selenium0.056 mg102 %
Phosphorus291 mg42 %

A source of

Only a trace

  • Vitamin C
Show all 22 with amounts
Vitamin B120.0133 mg, 532 %
Vitamin D0.0155 mg, 311 %
Chloride1708 mg, 214 %
Selenium0.056 mg, 102 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)11.9 mg, 74 %
Phosphorus291 mg, 42 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.34 mg, 24 %
Vitamin B60.31 mg, 22 %
Zinc2.1 mg, 21 %
Potassium356 mg, 18 %
Copper0.17 mg, 17 %
Biotin0.0077 mg, 15 %
Magnesium53.2 mg, 14 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.8 mg, 13 %
Iodine0.0182 mg, 12 %
Iron1.6 mg, 11 %
Calcium65.8 mg, 8.2 %
Vitamin A0.0462 mg, 5.8 %
Vitamin E0.32 mg, 2.7 %
Folate0.0042 mg, 2.1 %
Manganese0.04 mg, 2.1 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.01 mg, 1.3 %

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 kippers don’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin C, and only 0.9 % of the thiamin reference intake and 1.5 % of the folate reference intake per 100 g.

Thiamin (vitamin B1)

0.9%in kippers, per 100 g
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0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %

0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %

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Kippers against other fish and seafood

Kippers come second for vitamin B12 here, just behind prawns (standard, dried).

Prawns, standard, dried+0.0032 mg
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Salmon, red, canned in brine, drained−0.0046 mg
Shrimps, boiled−0.0065 mg
Trout, rainbow, raw−0.0067 mg
Haddock, smoked, steamed−0.0071 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against kippers.

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Questions about kippers

Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.

How many calories are in a portion of kippers?
A typical portion (140 g, one fillet) gives 270 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 193 kcal.
Is kippers high in vitamin B12?
Yes. Kippers, flesh only, boil in the bag, with butter, cooked have 0.0095 mg vitamin B12 per 100 g, 380 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals do kippers have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin B12 (0.0095 mg, 380 %), vitamin D (0.0111 mg, 222 %) and chloride (1220 mg, 153 %) per 100 g.
Are kippers a good source of protein?
Kippers, flesh only, boil in the bag, with butter, cooked have 18.6 g protein per 100 g, 39 % 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 16-398, Kippers, flesh only, boil in the bag, with butter, cooked, 9 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: DH, Nutrient analysis of fish and fish products, 2013. 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: 88 % 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.

Nutrition

Kippers, flesh only, boil in the bag, with butter, cooked

Calories270 kcal
Fat
18.5 g
of which saturates
4.1 g
of which starch
0 g
Fibre
0 g
Protein
26 g
Salt
3 g

Vitamins and minerals

Vitamin B12
0.0133 mg
Vitamin D
0.0155 mg
Chloride
1708 mg
Selenium
0.056 mg
Niacin (vitamin B3)
11.9 mg
Phosphorus
291 mg

1127 kJ per fillet. Values for the edible portion. Source: UK CoFID 2021.

All 22 vitamins and minerals