The difference between white and dark fish muscles

Fish has two types of muscles: light and dark, with low percentage of dark, there are many
differences in the two muscle types:

Dark White
Percentage of Twice more white muscle
lipids in lean
fish
The belly 18.3% lipid in dark muscle 7.6% in while muscle
flap is a high
fat section
connective There are more connective tissues There are less connective tissues in white
tissues
around the in dark muscle than in ordinary muscle than in dark muscle
muscle fibers
muscle

stroma protein Dark meat contains more stroma White meat contains less stroma protein
protein than white meat than dark meat
Composition -  More lipid More protein than dark muscle
 Myoglobin
vitamin E Dark muscle having higher amounts Light muscle having less amounts of
of vitamin E than light muscle. vitamin E than dark muscle.

Fat content. high low

protein White muscle has more protein than White muscle has more protein than dark
dark muscle
muscle

Examples Active swimmers like tuna Sardine, Anchovy.

andmackerel have a dark muscle.

o Name : Habiba Amged Abdallah Section : 3