What are the eating habits of the tilapia fish?

Many theories have been put forth about the tilapia’s eating habits as related to other fishes’ excretion habits. Yes, tilapia eat poop. A 3.5 oz. serving of tilapia contains a mere 98 calories, but provides 18.5 grams of protein. Tilapia fillets contain no saturated fats or cholesterol. In fact, this fish contains five times less fat than the leanest pork and forty times less fat than bacon. read more

Tilapia is considered sustainable thanks to its herbivore eating habits, feeding mainly on plankton, filamentous algae, aquatic macrophytes and other vegetable matter. Tilapia is rapidly becoming one of the most popular seafood in the United States, with the National Marine Fisheries Service ranking it the fifth most consumed seafood. read more

Compared with other fish, farmed tilapia contains relatively small amounts of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids–the heart-healthy and essential fish oils touted by health and nutrition experts as the main reason to eat fish frequently. read more