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Yellowfin tuna

Pisces, TeuthidaAlso called Thunnus albacares and yellowfin

Yellowfin tuna is a type of tuna sold fresh or canned. Cooks grill it or serve it raw.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Family
Scombridae
Cooked most in
The Americas
Top country
United States
Yellowfin tuna, whole

Photo: Hugues Evano (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologique… · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use yellowfin tuna

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Grill
  • Raw

Shopping

Choosing and storing yellowfin tuna

Sold as
Canned, Fresh

Nutrition

What 100 g of yellowfin tuna holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 98%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of yellowfin tuna, raw
Energy109 kcal · 454 kJ
Protein24 g
Fat0.49 g
of which saturated0.17 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium45 mg
Cholesterol39 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of yellowfin tuna, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium441 mg
Calcium4 mg
Iron0.77 mg
Magnesium35 mg
Zinc0.37 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)18 µg
Folate2 µg
Vitamin B122.1 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 175159), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with yellowfin tuna

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Poke

    United States

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include yellowfin tuna.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: yellowfin tuna in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
tuna

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What yellowfin tuna is called

Names in 72 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    atún claro · Rabil · Atun de aleta amarilla · Atún de aleta amarilla

  • French

    Thon jaune · Thunnus albacares · Albacore · Thon albacore

  • Italian

    Thunnus albacares · Tonno dalla pinna gialla · Yellow fin tuna · Yellowfin tuna

  • Portuguese

    albacora · Thunnus albacares · albacora-da-lage · albacora-cachorra

  • German

    Gelbflossen-Thun · Thunnus albacares · Gelbflossen-Thunfisch

  • Dutch

    Geelvintonijn · Thunnus albacares

  • Greek

    κιτρινόπτερος τόνος

  • Turkish

    Sarı yüzgeçli orkinos · Thunnus albacares · Sarı kanat orkinos

  • Russian

    желтопёрый тунец · Thunnus albacares · желтоперый тунец · тунец желтопёрый

  • Polish

    Tuńczyk żółtopłetwy · Thunnus albacares · tuńczyk złoty

  • Arabic

    ثمد · تونة الزعنفة الصفراء

  • Persian

    گیدر · کیهادا · تن زردباله · تون زردباله

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  • Achinese

    Pukèe

  • Afrikaans

    Geelvintuna · Thunnus albacares

  • Albanian

    Thunnus albacares

  • Aragonese

    Thunnus albacares

  • Asturian

    Thunnus albacares · Atún mariellu · atún mariellu

  • Azerbaijani

    Sarıüzgəc tunes

  • Balinese

    Tuna sirip kuning

  • Basque

    Atun hegats-hori · Thunnus albacares

  • Bikol

    Yellowfin tuna

  • Bosnian

    Thunnus albacares

  • Breton

    Thunnus albacares

  • Bulgarian

    жълтопера риба тон · жълтоперест тунец · Thunnus albacares

  • Catalan

    tonyina d'aleta groga · Thunnus albacares

  • Cebuano

    Carao

  • Chinese

    黄鳍金枪鱼 · 黃鰭鮪

  • Croatian

    Thunnus albacares

  • Czech

    tuňák žlutoploutvý · Thunnus albacares

  • Danish

    Thunnus albacares

  • Divehi

    ރީނދޫ އުރަހަ ކަންނެލި

  • Egyptian Arabic

    تونة الزعنفة الصفراء

  • Esperanto

    Thunnus albacares

  • Estonian

    kulduim-tuun · Thunnus albacares

  • Fijian

    Tuna

  • Filipino

    Tambakol

  • Finnish

    keltaevätonnikala · Thunnus albacares

  • Galician

    Atún de aleta amarela · Thunnus albacares · Rabil

  • Hebrew

    טונה זהובה

  • Hungarian

    sárgaúszójú tonhal · Thunnus albacares

  • Icelandic

    Thunnus albacares

  • Indonesian

    madidihang · Thunnus albacares · tuna sirip kuning

  • Interlingua

    Thunnus albacares

  • Irish

    Thunnus albacares · tuinnín buí

  • Japanese

    キハダ · 脂キハダ · キワダマグロ · キワダ

  • Javanese

    madidihang

  • Korean

    황다랑어

  • Latin

    Thunnus albacares

  • Lithuanian

    geltonpelekis tunas

  • Lombard

    Thunnus albacares

  • Low German

    Thunnus albacares

  • Low Saxon

    Thunnus albacares

  • Luxembourgish

    Thunnus albacares

  • Malagasy

    Tonelina mavo

  • Malay

    Aya sirip kuning · Aya tuna · Tuna sirip kuning · Thunnus albacares

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Gulfinnetun · Gulfinnet tunfisk · Thunnus albacares · Gulfinnet størje

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Thunnus albacares

  • Piedmontese

    Thunnus albacares

  • Romanian

    Thunnus albacares

  • Serbian

    Жуторепа туна

  • Simplified Chinese

    黄鳍金枪鱼

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    黄鳍金枪鱼

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    黄鳍金枪鱼

  • Sinhala

    කෙලවල්ලා

  • Slovak

    Thunnus albacares

  • Slovenian

    Rumenoplavuti tun · Thunnus albacares · Rumenoplavuta tuna

  • Swedish

    Gulfenad tonfisk · Thunnus albacares

  • Swiss German

    Thunnus albacares

  • Tamil

    மஞ்சள்தூவி சூரை

  • Thai

    ปลาทูน่าครีบเหลือง · Thunnus albacares

  • Traditional Chinese

    黃鰭金槍魚

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    黃鰭金槍魚

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    黃鰭鮪 · 黃鰭金槍魚 · 串仔 · 黃奇串

  • Ukrainian

    Тунець жовтоперий · Thunnus albacares · Жовтоперий тунець

  • Venetian

    Thunnus albacares

  • Vietnamese

    Cá ngừ vây vàng · Thunnus albacares

  • Walloon

    Thunnus albacares

  • Waray

    Thunnus albacares

  • Welsh

    Thunnus albacares

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q269781