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Langoustine

Langoustine is a small lobster-like crustacean with delicate, mildly sweet flesh, commonly boiled, grilled, or added to seafood dishes.

Langoustine — illustrative ingredient image

About Langoustine

Langoustine is a small lobster-like marine crustacean with slender claws, a segmented shell, and delicate flesh. It is commonly boiled, grilled, baked, or pan-cooked, and is also added to seafood dishes.

Its flesh is mildly sweet, tender, and less dense than many larger lobsters. Whole specimens provide shell and head components that can contribute flavor to stocks or sauces, while tail-only products present less shell and head material.

In culinary trade, langoustine may refer to the whole animal or its tail. It may be sold fresh, chilled, frozen, cooked, or peeled; cooking changes the flesh to a firmer, opaque form, while peeling removes the shell and head components.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for langoustine

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English

Langoustine

English

Langoustine, boiled

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English

Langoustine, bouillie/cuite à l'eau

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English

Langoustine, panée, frite

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Langoustine nutrition & diet

Langoustine nutritional value

Reference: Langoustine, boiled

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

Calories
86kcal
Protein
19.7g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
0.8g

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 16-425. 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

Use the edible tail and claw meat after thorough cooking, removing shell and digestive tract as appropriate. Preparation changes the accompanying ingredients and added fat, while sauces, breading, or serving liquid can materially alter the composition of a recorded portion.

Compare the right form: Match references to cooked langoustine flesh, or specify raw whole langoustine, including whether shell, head, and claws are included.

Diet considerations

Langoustine is an animal-derived crustacean. Compatibility changes with butter, cream, stock, sauces, batter, or other seafood additions. Plain cooked flesh differs from breaded, fried, marinated, or prepared dishes; portion context also affects carbohydrate patterns when served with grains, potatoes, or sweet sauces.

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
    Typically incompatible
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 · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria.

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 — Langoustine, 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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