Nutritional Composition of Dry Fish: An Overview

Nowadays, people are very aware about nutritional and health issues. They concern about the value of nutrient content in dried fish when they buy these foods for their household consumption. This book chapter mainly focused on the nutrient composition and their role for human growth, development and related to health. Throughout the world wide fish is one of the most perishable food items. For maintenance of human health body requires good sources of protein and other essential nutrients. Based on their nutrient composition, content of amino acids, fatty acids profile, and their minerals content, it can be concluded that dried fish can be as a good source of nutrient for human health.