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Freshwater Snail

Freshwater snails are edible aquatic mollusks used in some regional soups, stews, and other dishes.

Freshwater Snail — illustrative ingredient image

About Freshwater Snail

Freshwater snail is a broad culinary category for edible aquatic gastropod mollusks collected from freshwater environments. It may include different species and sizes, and is used in regional soups, stews, broths, sauces, and other cooked dishes. The edible portion is usually a small piece of muscle rather than a uniform fillet.

Its flavour is generally mild and aquatic. Texture can be firm, chewy, or tender depending on species, age, cleaning, and cooking time. Some traditional preparations cook the snails in their shells first, while others remove the shell before cooking and incorporate the cleaned meat into a broth, sauce, or stew.

Freshwater snails may be sold live, whole, cleaned, or cooked and shelled. Removing the shell and cleaning reduces the ingredient to a small meat portion; cooking in the shell can preserve the original form until serving. Species, size, and preparation affect the final appearance and texture.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for freshwater snail

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English

Freshwater Snail

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Freshwater Snail nutrition & diet

Freshwater Snail nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Crayfish / lobster, 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
89kcal
Protein
19.2g
Carbs
0.7g
Fat
1.0g

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

The species and edible portion must be established before selecting a reference, since freshwater snails are not one uniform food. Match live, cleaned, raw, or cooked flesh and note shell removal. Soups, stews, frying, sauces, and seasonings may add oil, stock, cereals, or other animal ingredients.

Compare the right form: Reference the identified freshwater snail species and cleaned edible flesh, matching raw or cooked state, shell removal, and preparation method.

Diet considerations

Freshwater snail is an animal-derived mollusk when the identity is confirmed, but species, habitat, and processing remain unspecified here. Compatibility changes with broth, meat, seafood, dairy, coatings, cereal ingredients, or sauces. Confirm the recipe and edible portion; a regional cooked dish cannot be represented by generic snail data.

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
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • 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 · Not established
The animal source or category needs checking against the pescatarian definition.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
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 — 01.1.3.4.2_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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