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Pāua

Pāua is a marine abalone commonly prepared as a seafood ingredient, including in fritters, salads, and grilled dishes.

Pāua — illustrative ingredient image

About Pāua

Pāua is a marine abalone whose edible muscular foot is used in fritters, salads, soups, savoury fillings, and grilled or pan-cooked dishes. It is a prized shellfish ingredient, and the shell is generally discarded after the meat is removed.

Raw pāua flesh is pale, firm, and clean-tasting, with a fresh marine flavour. Brief cooking can leave it chewy, while careful cooking, thin slicing, or mincing gives a more tender bite. The shell interior is often vividly iridescent.

Pāua is sold live, shucked, chilled, frozen, sliced, or minced. Shucking removes the broad, rounded shell; slicing or mincing divides the muscular foot for quick cooking or mixing. It may be grilled, pan-cooked, or served raw in suitable preparations.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Pāua

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Pāua nutrition & diet

Pāua nutritional value

Paua, raw

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

Calories
96kcal
Protein
20.6g
Carbs
0.9g
Fat
1.0g

Per 100 g edible portion. New Zealand FOODfiles 2024. Copyright The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited and the Ministry of Health (New Zealand), 2024. Original reference values: available carbohydrate and energy (FSANZ). Access and use of these data are subject to https://www.foodcomposition.co.nz/terms/. Other preparations differ.

Portions & preparation

Establish the pāua species, edible muscular portion, and preparation before comparing references. Raw, tenderized, minced, battered, fried, grilled, canned, or otherwise preserved forms are not interchangeable, and shell, viscera, and cooking additions should not be included in the edible portion.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to the identified pāua or abalone species and edible foot, specifying raw, tenderized, cooked, canned, battered, or minced form.

Diet considerations

Pāua is an animal-derived marine mollusc. Compatibility can change with batter, cereal flour, sauces, dairy, egg, or other recipe additions, particularly in fritters. Species and local naming should be confirmed because “abalone” may cover different products. Preparation also distinguishes plain shellfish from mixed salads or cooked dishes.

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: New Zealand FOODfiles 2024 — T10 ↗. 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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