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Haggis

Scottish pudding of sheep offal, oatmeal, onion and spices.

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About Haggis

Haggis is a Scottish pudding made from sheep offal, oatmeal, onion, and spices. It is served as a prepared savoury dish, often alongside potatoes, swede, vegetables, or gravy, and is portioned after cooking.

Its flavour is savoury, peppery, and warmly spiced, with richness from the offal. Oatmeal gives the mixture body and a slightly grainy quality, while the cooked filling is generally moist and cohesive. Recipes differ in seasoning and texture.

Haggis is formed as a compact pudding, traditionally cooked in a casing or similar covering and then sliced or spooned out. It may also be sold in loaves, portions, tins, or other ready-to-cook forms. Cooking firms the filling and develops a darker exterior.

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English

Haggis, boiled

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Haggis nutrition & diet

Haggis nutritional value

Reference: Haggis, boiled

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

Calories
310kcal
Protein
10.7g
Carbs
19.2g
Fat
21.7g

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 19-132. 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

Treat haggis as a recipe-specific prepared food rather than a single raw ingredient. Establish the organ meats, oatmeal amount, suet or other fat, onion, spices, casing, and cooking method. Portion and whether accompaniments are included should be recorded separately from the pudding.

Compare the right form: Match references to the specific haggis recipe and cooked serving, including organ-meat mix, oatmeal, fat, casing, and any stated accompaniments.

Diet considerations

Traditional haggis is animal-derived through sheep organs and fat, combined with plant-derived oatmeal, onion, and spices. Compatibility changes with the exact recipe, casing, stock, and added ingredients. Oatmeal contributes a portion-dependent cereal-carbohydrate pattern; vegetarian or alternative haggis requires separate identification.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Haggis, boiled ↗. 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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