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Periwinkle

Small sea snail eaten boiled, common in West African and European coasts.

Periwinkle — illustrative ingredient image

About Periwinkle

Periwinkle is a small marine snail eaten as shellfish, usually after boiling. The meat is used in soups, stews, sauces, and seafood dishes or served directly after extraction from the shell. The common culinary name can cover several small sea-snail varieties, so size and flavour vary.

The edible meat is enclosed by a hard, spiral shell and has a firm, chewy texture when cooked. Its flavour is generally briny and marine, with a stronger or milder character according to species, freshness, size, and cooking liquid. Longer cooking can make the meat firmer or more tender depending on the method.

Periwinkles may be sold live, raw, boiled in the shell, or removed as meat. The shells are often dark, glossy, and tightly coiled. Boiling cooks the snail and loosens the meat; shell removal then changes the whole shellfish into a ready-to-eat ingredient.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Periwinkle nutrition & diet

Periwinkle nutritional value

Reference: Periwinkle, boiled

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named national-table food form.

Calories
94.9kcal
Protein
20.8g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
1.2g

Reference values per 100 g from the EFSA 2026 compilation. Values come from one national dataset and one original food code; countries and food identities are not mixed. Varieties, recipes, brands, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Match the species and edible cooked meat, excluding the shell and inedible material. Preparation may be boiling, steaming, or incorporation into a stew, and added broth, oil, salt, or sauce should be assessed separately from the snail itself.

Compare the right form: Match cooked periwinkle snail meat from the identified species and edible portion, not whole shell-on specimens or a mixed stew.

Diet considerations

Periwinkle is an animal-derived marine snail. It is incompatible with vegan and vegetarian patterns, and preparation may add fish, shellfish, meat, dairy, or animal stock. Batter, breading, or served cereal foods alter the dish’s carbohydrate pattern. Species, harvesting area, and cooking method should be recorded.

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: EFSA European Food Composition Dashboard 2026 — Spanish Food Composition Database. BEDCA v.2.1/2025 ↗. 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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