Chum Salmon

Chum Salmon Flavor Scale

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Wild Chum Salmon

Fresh wild Chum Salmon, also called Keta Salmon, is milder flavored and more lean than Coho, Sockeye and King Salmon.  But it still has enough firmness and oil content to lend itself to a wide variety of cooking applications.  Chefs-Resources' Chum Salmon page shows when fresh salmon is available, what it’s flavor profile and taste is like, the butchering yield % so you can determine your yield percentage for plate costing purposes.  You’ll also find an Chum Salmon nutrition table, the Flavor Scale, and links for further salmon research.

Chum (Keta) Salmon Flavor Profile

Chum Salmon have light pink to orange colored flesh which is lighter than Chinook, Sockeye and Coho.  The texture is more firm and coarse than the other salmon and Chum has a milder flavor. 

Alternate Names

 Keta, Dog Salmon, Calico Salmon, Chub

Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Description

Commercial Chum Salmon range from 6 - 12 Lbs.  The highest quality Chums are silver skinned, are troll caught and are termed "Silverbrights".  Seine caught Silverbrights can also be of good quality.  "Semibrights" are the second grade of Chum and have watermarked skin.  Gillnet Chum can be very inconsistent quality.

Typical Wholesale Products

Head/On Dressed, Head/Off Dressed, Fillets, Steaks

Fresh Chum (Keta) Salmon Availability

Fresh seafood availability chart: green areas show peak availability, light green show limited availability, gray indicates not available fresh.  Frozen available all year long.

 

Chum Salmon Yield Factors, Yield %

Item	To Skn/On Fillets	To Skn/Off Fillets	Notes
Whole Head/On gutted	68% - 70%	63%
Whole Head/Off gutted
Skin/On Fillets	--	85%

 

Chum Salmon Sustainability Info

This window is a link to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program info on Salmon.

 

Chum (Keta) Salmon Nutritional Information based upon a 6 oz (171 grams) raw edible serving   * Calories/Calories from fat 206 * Protein grams  34.4 * Fat grams  6.5 * Saturated fat grams  1.4 * Sodium milligrams  86 * Cholesterol milligrams  127 * Omega-3 grams  1.2 more Chum Salmon nutrition info

Lifes's a Fish by Ray Troll

 

Additional Resources:

	National Marine Fisheries Service