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Hake

Hake is a mild, flaky white fish commonly baked, fried, grilled, or used in stews.

Hake — illustrative ingredient image

About Hake

Hake is a common market name for several marine fishes with elongated bodies and large mouths. It is baked, fried, grilled, poached, or simmered in soups and stews, and is sold whole, as bone-in portions, or as skinless or skin-on fillets.

The cooked meat is mild in flavour, lean to moderately oily depending on species and cut, and tender with large flakes. Its flesh can soften and break into flakes during cooking, while skin-on portions may be browned or crisped.

Fresh and frozen hake are common, while salted, dried, smoked, and frozen preparations are also found. These forms are distinct from unprocessed fresh hake, and trimming from a whole fish or bone-in cut changes the proportion of edible flesh.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for hake

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English

Hake

English

Hake, flesh only, grilled

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English

Hake, flesh only, grilled, weighed with bones and skin

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English

Hake, flesh only, raw

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English

Merlu, cuit à l'étouffée

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English

Merlu, filet, surgelé, cru

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Hake nutrition & diet

Hake nutritional value

Hake, flesh only, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
92kcal
Protein
18.0g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
2.2g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 16-070. 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

Match the hake species or market identity and cleaned edible flesh, distinguishing fresh, frozen, dried, salted, smoked, canned, and cooked forms. Record skin, bones, cooking fat, batter, and sauce. Stews should identify their broth and other ingredients rather than representing plain hake.

Compare the right form: Use a reference matching the identified hake species, cleaned edible flesh, and exact fresh, frozen, preserved, or cooked preparation.

Diet considerations

Hake is an animal-derived fish. Plain flesh differs from battered, breaded, smoked, salted, canned, or sauced preparations. Compatibility changes with cereal coatings, dairy, animal fats, and mixed broths. Potatoes, grains, noodles, or other starches served with hake create a portion-dependent carbohydrate pattern.

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
    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 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 · 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 — Hake, flesh only, raw ↗. 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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