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Lobster Meat

Lobster meat is the cooked edible flesh of lobster, commonly served steamed, boiled, grilled, or in composed dishes.

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About Lobster Meat

Lobster meat is the cooked edible flesh removed from a lobster’s shell, most often taken from the tail, claws, knuckles, and body. It is served plain or incorporated into rolls, salads, soups, pasta, sandwiches, and grilled or reheated dishes.

The meat is opaque white to cream with occasional pink or red areas and has a firm, yielding texture. Its flavour is mildly sweet, briny and savoury, with texture depending on the body section and cooking.

It may be sold chilled, frozen, canned or freshly picked, in pieces of varying size. Pieces may be whole, chopped, shredded or pressed into a prepared seafood mixture; reheating or grilling changes the texture and using it in composed dishes adds other ingredients.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for lobster meat

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Lobster Meat

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lobster leg meat (raw)

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lobster meat (canned, drained)

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lobster meat (canned)

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lobster meat (cooked, frozen in container)

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lobster meat (cooked, quick-frozen)

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lobster meat (cooked, refrigerated in container)

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lobster meat (cooked)

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MINCED LOBSTER MEAT

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Lobster Meat nutrition & diet

Lobster Meat nutritional value

Reference: Lobster, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the explicitly named reference food.

Calories
85.5kcal
Protein
17.9g
Carbs
0.9g
Fat
1.1g

Per 100 g edible portion. ANSES Ciqual 2025; energy and protein follow EU Regulation 1169/2011 (protein = nitrogen × 6.25); carbohydrate excludes fibre. Values describe this food form, not every brand or recipe. Reused under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0: https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/.

Portions & preparation

Establish the lobster species and whether the meat is raw, steamed, boiled, grilled, canned, frozen, or otherwise prepared. Use the edible flesh after shell removal and identify claw, tail, or mixed meat when relevant. Butter, mayonnaise, oil, sauces, and recipe ingredients should be listed separately.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to identified lobster meat from the same species, edible part, processing state, and drained or served portion.

Diet considerations

Lobster meat is animal-derived marine crustacean. Plain meat differs from versions mixed with butter, dairy, egg, meat stock, or animal fat. Bread, rolls, pasta, crackers, batter, and cereal-based thickeners may change compatibility and carbohydrate pattern. Portion and accompanying recipe determine the finished dish’s context.

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: ANSES Ciqual 2025 — Homard, cru ↗. 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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