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Horse Fat

Fat from horses, used regionally as a cooking fat or rendered ingredient.

Horse Fat — illustrative ingredient image

About Horse Fat

Horse fat is adipose tissue from a horse, used as trimmed fat or rendered cooking fat. It is distinct from horse meat and from blended animal fats. Cooks may use it to add richness to meat dishes, doughs, fried foods, or preserved preparations where its particular flavour is wanted.

It has a pronounced animal-fat aroma, especially when heated. Chilled trimmed fat is generally firm, smooth, or waxy, while rendered fat is fluid when warm and sets more firmly as it cools. Its flavour is savory and distinctly fatty, with intensity affected by freshness, rendering, and whether any lean tissue remains attached.

It may be sold as raw pieces, minced fat, or rendered fat. Trimming removes attached meat, mincing makes it easier to distribute, and rendering melts the fat and separates it from water and solid residues. The finished fat can be used warm for frying or cooled for mixing into cooked preparations.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Horse Fat nutrition & diet

Horse Fat nutritional value

Reference: Horse fat

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named national-table food form.

Calories
817.2kcal
Protein
0.0g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
90.8g

Reference values per 100 g from the EFSA 2026 compilation. Values come from one national dataset and one original food code; countries and food identities are not mixed. Varieties, recipes, brands, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Establish whether this is raw horse adipose tissue, trimmed cooking fat, or rendered fat, because water, connective tissue, and rendering alter the edible material. Match the reference to the prepared portion and record whether it was used alone, mixed into a recipe, or absorbed during cooking.

Compare the right form: Match raw, trimmed, rendered, or preserved horse fat specifically, using the edible fat portion and excluding attached tissue or cooking losses.

Diet considerations

Horse fat is animal-derived and is incompatible with diets excluding animal ingredients. Compatibility also depends on rendering agents, seasoning, or blending with other fats. Prepared foods may add meat, dairy, cereal-based binders, or coatings; the portion and recipe determine its carbohydrate pattern rather than the fat 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 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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: EFSA European Food Composition Dashboard 2026 — Icelandic Food Composition Database version 5.0 2025 ↗. 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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