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Oysters

Oysters are edible bivalve mollusks served raw or cooked, including grilled, fried, baked, and stewed preparations.

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About Oysters

Oysters are edible marine bivalve mollusks with irregular shells and a soft, moist body inside. They are served raw or cooked, including grilled, fried, baked, steamed, stewed, or added to sauces and stuffings.

Raw oyster meat is tender and slippery, with flavour ranging from mildly briny to strongly oceanic. Depending on the species, growing waters, and handling, it may have a mineral or sweet impression. Cooking generally makes the meat firmer and more opaque.

They are sold live in the shell, shucked as chilled meat, or preserved by canning, smoking, or freezing. Appearance and flavour vary with the product and processing; preserved, cooked, or handled oysters may differ from freshly shucked meat.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for oysters

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English

Oysters

English

Oysters, baked or broiled

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Oysters, canned

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Oysters, fried

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Oysters, raw, weighed with shells

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Oysters, steamed

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Oysters nutrition & diet

Oysters 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

Specify species, size, edible flesh, and preparation when recording oysters; shell weight is not part of the edible portion. Raw, steamed, grilled, baked, fried, smoked, or canned forms may include different added liquids, coatings, fats, or seasonings.

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

Diet considerations

Oysters are animal-derived bivalve seafood and do not fit vegetarian or vegan patterns. Compatibility also changes with batter, cereal coatings, butter, cheese, meat stock, sauces, or other additions. Raw and cooked servings should remain distinct in the catalogue.

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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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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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