Salmon ikungahaye kuri poroteyine, aside amine nizindi ntungamubiri, hamwe na calcium, magnesium, zinc hamwe n imyunyu ngugu.Byongeye kandi, salmon irimo aside irike idahagije, igira uruhare runini muruhu rwinjangwe n umusatsi., Ingaruka zo kongera umusatsi.Salmon irashobora kandi kongera ubudahangarwa bwinjangwe kandi ikamufasha kunoza amaso.