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Chicken Offal

Chicken offal refers to edible internal organs used in broths, pâtés, sausages, and traditional dishes.

Chicken Offal — illustrative ingredient image

About Chicken Offal

Chicken offal is a collective culinary term for edible internal organs and associated parts from a chicken, rather than one single anatomical ingredient. Depending on the market or dish, it can include liver, heart, gizzard, and other edible organs, sold separately or as a mixed assortment.

Flavour, colour, and texture vary substantially across the included parts. Liver is soft and strongly savoury, heart is firm, and gizzard is dense and chewy. Because the contents are not standardized, a general sensory description cannot represent every chicken offal product.

Chicken offal may be sold fresh, chilled, frozen, whole, or trimmed. It is used in broths, pâtés, sausages, stuffings, sauces, stews, and traditional offal dishes. Mixed products and recipes may also combine several organs with other ingredients, changing the preparation’s appearance and texture.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for chicken offal

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Chicken offal

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Chicken Offal nutrition & diet

Chicken Offal nutritional value

Reference: Giblets, chicken, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
142kcal
Protein
17.1g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
8.2g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 18-393. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Chicken offal is not a single uniform edible part: identify the organs included, along with trimming and edible yield. Broths, pâtés, sausages, and mixed dishes can change the relevant portion through grinding, dilution, added fat, or other ingredients. Nutrition references should not substitute one organ for the whole category.

Compare the right form: Establish which chicken organs and tissues are present, their trimming, and raw or cooked form; mixed offal requires a recipe-specific reference.

Diet considerations

Chicken offal is animal-derived poultry, but the category may include different organs with distinct culinary compositions. Sausages, pâtés, broths, and fillings can add cereals, dairy, other meats, coatings, or starches. Compatibility therefore depends on the identified organs, processing method, recipe, and serving proportion rather than the category name alone.

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: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Giblets, chicken, raw ↗. 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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