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Oyster

Oyster is a bivalve seafood commonly eaten raw or cooked in soups, stir-fries, and sauces.

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About Oyster

An oyster is an edible marine bivalve mollusc with a rough, irregular shell and a soft body surrounded by liquor. It is commonly eaten raw or cooked and used in soups, stir-fries, stews, and sauces.

The flesh is usually pale, grey, beige, or cream, with a briny, mineral flavour that varies with growing waters. It is soft and slippery when raw; cooking makes it firmer and more opaque.

Oysters are sold live in the shell, shucked, or preserved. They may be steamed, baked, grilled, fried, canned, or smoked; whole live oysters retain their shell and liquor, while shucked flesh is sold chilled or in preserved forms.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for oyster

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Oyster

English

Mollusks, oyster, eastern, canned

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Mollusks, oyster, eastern, cooked, breaded and fried

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Mollusks, oyster, eastern, farmed, cooked, dry heat

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Mollusks, oyster, eastern, farmed, raw

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Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, cooked, dry heat

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Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, cooked, moist heat

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Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw

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Mollusks, oyster, Pacific, cooked, moist heat

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Mollusks, oyster, Pacific, raw

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oyster (frozen)

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Oyster, aquacultured, raw

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Oyster, Canned in oil, Smoked

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Oyster, Grown on underwater rocks, Raw

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Oyster, native, aquacultured, raw

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Oyster, Pacific, aquacultured, raw

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Oyster, Sydney rock, aquacultured, raw

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Oyster nutrition & diet

Oyster nutritional value

Oysters, raw

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

Calories
65kcal
Protein
10.8g
Carbs
2.7g
Fat
1.3g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 16-260. 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

Identify whether the oyster is eaten raw, steamed, fried, baked, or incorporated into a sauce, and record the drained edible flesh separately from shell liquor. Preparation can add batter, oil, butter, seasoning, or other ingredients that belong to the finished serving.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to the oyster species and edible flesh as raw, drained, cooked, canned, smoked, or breaded.

Diet considerations

Oyster is an animal-derived bivalve seafood. It does not fit vegetarian or vegan patterns, while compatibility with other diets depends on preparation and accompanying ingredients. Fried or sauced oysters may include cereal coatings, dairy, eggs, alcohol, or other animal-derived additions.

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 — Oysters, 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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