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Lamb blood

Lamb blood is a culinary animal product used in some traditional blood-based dishes and sausages.

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About Lamb blood

Lamb blood is the liquid blood collected from a slaughtered young sheep and handled as a culinary animal product. It is used in some traditional blood-based dishes, cooked blood mixtures, and sausages, where it may be combined with other ingredients.

Fresh lamb blood is dark red and has a pronounced savoury, mineral-like flavour. Cooking makes it firmer or more set, although the final texture depends on whether it is prepared alone or mixed with fat, grains, herbs, and other components.

It may be sold fresh, chilled, or incorporated into a processed preparation. Cooking changes the liquid into a set, sliceable, dense, soft, or spreadable mixture. The ingredient is distinct from liver, meat, and rendered fat, even when served with them.

Ingredient type
whole food

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lamb blood

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Lamb blood nutrition & diet

Lamb blood nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Beef, offal, 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
170kcal
Protein
16.4g
Carbs
1.0g
Fat
11.2g

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Portions & preparation

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Compare the right form: Match references to edible sheep blood in the documented fresh, cooked, dried, or sausage-preparation form; recipe and added ingredients must be identified.

Diet considerations

Lamb blood is an animal-derived sheep product. Dietary compatibility depends on the preparation: plain cooked blood differs from blood sausage or stew containing meat, cereal binders, dairy, stock, or seasonings. The source, handling, and culinary form should be established rather than inferred from a generic blood-product entry.

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: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.2.4.0_95 ↗. 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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