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Mussel Meat

Shucked mussel flesh used in soups, stews and pasta.

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About Mussel Meat

Mussel meat is the shucked edible flesh of mussels, removed from the hinged shell before sale or cooking. It is a convenient seafood ingredient for soups, stews, pasta, rice dishes, sauces, and mixed seafood preparations. It may be used on its own or combined with vegetables, grains, or other shellfish.

Cooked mussel meat is generally tender and moist, with a marine flavour ranging from delicate to distinctly briny. Gentle cooking helps retain its softness, while prolonged heating can make it firmer or chewier. Freezing, canning, and packing liquids can also alter flavour and texture.

Mussel meat is sold fresh or chilled, frozen, canned, or otherwise preserved, usually without shells. Frozen meat should be thawed or added according to the recipe, while canned meat is commonly drained before use. Cooking firms and warms the flesh and integrates it into the surrounding dish.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Mussel Meat nutrition & diet

Mussel Meat nutritional value

Mussels, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
74kcal
Protein
12.1g
Carbs
2.5g
Fat
1.8g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 16-497. 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 shucked edible meat only, excluding shells and drainable packing liquid, and identify whether it is fresh, cooked, frozen, canned, smoked, or marinated. Sauces, brines, pasta, and breading should be assessed as separate recipe components rather than part of plain mussel meat.

Compare the right form: Match references to shucked mussel flesh, specifying species and whether it is fresh, cooked, frozen, canned, smoked, marinated, or drained.

Diet considerations

Mussel meat is animal-derived seafood. Plain shucked meat differs from products packed in brine, oil, sauce, or broth. Compatibility can change with dairy, meat stock, egg, cereal coatings, or pasta, while carbohydrate patterns are chiefly portion- and accompaniment-dependent rather than inherent to the plain shellfish.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Mussels, raw ↗. 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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