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Crab Roe

Crab roe consists of edible crab eggs and is used as a seafood garnish, seasoning, or dish component.

Crab Roe — illustrative ingredient image

About Crab Roe

Crab roe consists of the eggs of a crab, separated or retained as part of the edible crab portion. It may be used as a garnish, seasoning, spread, filling, or component of soups, sauces, rice dishes, and other seafood preparations.

The roe commonly appears as small orange, yellow, or reddish grains or as a soft granular mass, depending on crab species and maturity. Its flavour is marine and savoury, while its texture may be creamy, granular, or firm after cooking.

Crab roe can be sold fresh, cooked, chilled, frozen, salted, or incorporated into prepared products. It may be separated or retained inside a whole crab. Cooking, salting, freezing, and incorporation into other products change its appearance, firmness, and granularity.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Crab Roe

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Crab Roe nutrition & diet

Crab Roe nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Egg, chicken, cooked, 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
151kcal
Protein
12.4g
Carbs
0.9g
Fat
10.9g

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

Use the edible roe as a garnish or small component, since it is typically concentrated in flavor and paired with other foods. Preparation matters: raw, cooked, salted, pasteurized, or preserved roe can differ in composition and serving context. Include any accompanying oil, sauce, or seasoning when evaluating the dish.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to edible crab eggs, specifying crab species, raw or cooked state, and whether roe is fresh, salted, pasteurized, or preserved.

Diet considerations

Crab roe is animal-derived seafood. Compatibility changes with added dairy, egg, sauces, broths, or seasoning blends, and with preservation methods that may introduce other ingredients. It is not a plant food, and a mixed garnish or prepared dish should be assessed from its full ingredient list rather than the roe 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 compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
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 compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
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 · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria.

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 — 01.1.9.1.5_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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