What is Salmon skin?
Salmon skin is the skin of a salmon. (1)
What does salmon skin contain?
The skin of salmon contains the highest concentration of omega-3 fatty acids on the salmon. (1)
Cooking fillets with the skin on can also keep nutrients and oils inside the salmon itself that might otherwise be lost in the preparation process. (1)
Salmon Skin and Humans
What are types of salmon skin?
contaminated salmon skin – Atlantic Ocean farmed salmon, wild caught Atlantic Ocean salmon – best to avoid eating the skin (1)
uncontaminated salmon skin – Pacific Ocean wild caught salmon (1)
Resources
1. https://www.healthline.com/health/salmon-skin
