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Cow Skin

Cow skin is a collagen-rich animal product commonly boiled or stewed in some regional cuisines.

Cow Skin — illustrative ingredient image

About Cow Skin

Cow skin is the cleaned hide of cattle used as a food ingredient after preparation, usually with hair removed and the surface scraped or trimmed. It is commonly boiled or stewed and added to soups, stews, sauces, and mixed dishes, where it contributes texture.

Raw cow skin consists largely of skin and connective tissue and is firm, thick, and leathery. Extended cooking makes it soft, chewy, and gelatinous. Its flavour and cooking time can vary with singeing, washing, scraping, drying, and rehydration.

Depending on processing, cow skin may be sold fresh, dried, singed, boiled, frozen, or cut into pieces. Fresh pieces are thick and leathery, while dried pieces are darker and more brittle; rehydration and cooking substantially change their appearance and texture.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

cow skin

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Cow Skin nutrition & diet

Cow Skin nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Beef, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

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

Calories
154kcal
Protein
22.1g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
7.2g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Confirm the identity and culinary form before selecting a reference: cleaned cattle hide, skin-on pieces, dried hide, gelatinous cooked skin, or another preparation are not interchangeable. Processing may include soaking, scalding, scraping, smoking, or seasoning. The consumed edible portion and recipe ingredients must be documented.

Compare the right form: Establish that the reference is culinary cattle hide in the same cleaned, processed, and cooked form, with skin, connective tissue, and additives identified.

Diet considerations

Beef hide is an animal-derived cattle skin, but its culinary identity and processing require confirmation. Compatibility changes with curing agents, seasonings, coatings, broths, cereal ingredients, or mixed-animal preparations. Dried, rehydrated, and cooked forms may be used differently; carbohydrate patterns usually arise from accompanying recipe ingredients and portion size.

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: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.2.2.1_99 ↗. 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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