Morcela (Portuguese blood sausage)

Morcela is a Portuguese blood sausage typically made with pork blood, pork fat, salt, and regional seasonings.

About Morcela (Portuguese blood sausage)

Morcela is a Portuguese blood sausage made from pork blood combined with pork fat, salt, and regional seasonings. The mixture is stuffed into a sausage casing and forms a dark, dense link after cooking.

Its flavour is savoury and earthy, with the characteristic depth of blood sausage and variation from seasoning. The texture is soft to firm and sliceable, depending on the recipe, producer, and cooking state.

Morcela is commonly served in slices as part of savoury meals or included in regional sausage preparations. It may be sold as a whole link or in cut portions, and cooking state at sale can differ, so preparation instructions should be checked.

Ingredient type: compound ingredient

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Portuguese blood sausage

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Morcela (Portuguese blood sausage) nutrition & diet

Morcela (Portuguese blood sausage) nutritional value

Reference: Morcela crua

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories: 363kcal
Protein: 12.0g
Carbs: 12.0g
Fat: 29.5g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Treat morcela as a formulated sausage, not as plain blood or meat. Identify the edible portion and recipe, including pork blood, pork fat, meat if present, salt, spices, and any grain or filler. Compare fresh, cooked, smoked, or preserved forms separately, and exclude casing when it is not eaten.

Compare the right form: Match references to Portuguese morcela with the specific brand or regional recipe, edible casing status, cooking or preservation state, and any grain or filler identified.

Diet considerations

Morcela is animal-derived, typically involving pork blood and pork fat, so it is not vegetarian or vegan. Recipe and processing may add meat, dairy, cereal fillers, or alcohol. Rice, bread, flour, or other cereal ingredients alter gluten and carbohydrate considerations; certification cannot be inferred from the name 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
Not established
Paleo
Depends on the version
Low-carb
Not established
Halal
Typically incompatible
Kosher
Typically incompatible

What these diet assessments mean

Vegan · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork blood; Pork Fat. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork blood; Pork Fat. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork blood; Pork Fat. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
Keto · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version: Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Rice. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork blood; Pork Fat. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.
Kosher · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Pork blood; Pork Fat. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Portuguese Food Composition Database, INSA 7.1 (2026) — 350 ↗. 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.

Last recorded verification: 26 September 2026.