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Duck Fat

Duck fat is rendered fat from duck used for frying, roasting, confiting, and enriching savory dishes.

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About Duck Fat

Duck fat is the rendered fat obtained from duck skin and fatty tissue. It is used for frying, roasting, confiting, sautéing, and enriching savoury dishes, where it provides a smooth coating and a characteristic savoury flavour.

At room temperature it is commonly semi-solid or solid, while heating turns it into a clear liquid. The flavour is described as characteristic and savoury, but its precise intensity depends on the rendering, filtration, and whether browned solids remain.

Duck fat may be rendered slowly from raw skin and trimmings, collected during cooking, or sold as a prepared cooking fat. Its colour can range from pale cream to light golden. It can be strained and stored; the product is distinct from whole duck meat and from broth with separated surface fat.

Ingredient type
oil

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duck fat

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Duck Fat nutrition & diet

Duck Fat nutritional value

Reference: Duck fat

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the explicitly named reference food.

Calories
898kcal
Protein
0.0g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
99.8g

Per 100 g edible portion. ANSES Ciqual 2025; energy and protein follow EU Regulation 1169/2011 (protein = nitrogen × 6.25); carbohydrate excludes fibre. Values describe this food form, not every brand or recipe. Reused under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0: https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/.

Portions & preparation

Use rendered duck fat as a cooking ingredient and distinguish it from skin, meat drippings, or a blended cooking fat. Rendering method, filtering, and residual water or solids affect the product. Record whether it is used for frying, roasting, confiting, or enrichment rather than counted as a finished dish.

Compare the right form: Reference should match filtered or unfiltered rendered duck fat, including residual solids, water, storage form, and any blended oils.

Diet considerations

Duck fat is animal-derived. Compatibility changes if blended with plant oils, seasoned, used in a coating, or combined with meat, dairy, flour, or cereal ingredients. The fat itself contains no grain ingredient, but dishes cooked in it may have portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns from potatoes, grains, or batters.

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: ANSES Ciqual 2025 — Graisse de canard ↗. 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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