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Animal Blood

Animal blood is a culinary ingredient used fresh or cooked in blood sausages, stews, and regional dishes.

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About Animal Blood

Animal blood is the liquid blood collected from a slaughtered food animal and used either fresh or after cooking, coagulation, drying, or other processing. It is used in blood sausages, black puddings, stews, soups, sauces, batters, and other regional preparations.

It is generally deep red to nearly black, with a metallic, savoury flavour. Its texture may be liquid, gelled, or crumbly depending on handling, and the species and degree of processing strongly affect its colour, flavour, and consistency.

Blood may be stirred into a dish as a liquid, allowed to set into a firm mass, or combined with grains, meat, fat, or seasonings. It may be sold fresh, processed, or incorporated into a finished product, but “animal blood” does not identify a particular species or product style.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

Animal Blood

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Animal Blood nutrition & diet

Animal Blood nutritional value

Reference: BLOOD

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
52.1kcal
Protein
11.8g
Carbs
0.1g
Fat
0.4g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Portion and preparation strongly affect the catalogue entry: fresh blood, coagulated blood, cooked blood, and blood sausage are not interchangeable. Record whether it is strained, mixed, seasoned, or incorporated into a stew, and match the edible portion after cooking rather than the raw ingredient.

Compare the right form: Match the animal species and exact edible form: fresh, coagulated, cooked, dried, or sausage mixture, including recipe additions.

Diet considerations

Animal blood is derived from an animal and is used either alone or in composite dishes. Sausages and stews may add meat, fat, cereal binders, dairy, or flavorings. Compatibility therefore depends on species, processing, recipe, and portion; the plain ingredient should not represent every blood-based product.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Fineli Finnish Food Composition Database, release 20.0 — 794 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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