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Pharaoh cuttlefish

Pharaoh cuttlefish is a marine cephalopod eaten as mantle, arms or tentacles, with cooking method and duration determining whether its texture is tender or chewy.

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About Pharaoh cuttlefish

Pharaoh cuttlefish is a marine cephalopod used as seafood. Its edible portions include the mantle, arms, and tentacles; the mantle is pale, smooth, and firm when raw, becoming tender or chewy depending on cooking. Its flavour is mild and marine. It may be cooked whole or cut into pieces for grilling, frying, braising, or other seafood preparations.

Marketed forms can be fresh, frozen, cleaned, or cut, and may include different combinations of edible parts. Cleaning removes internal organs and the hard internal cuttlebone, so a whole animal is not compositionally identical to cleaned edible flesh. Cooking duration strongly affects texture, while the common name does not specify the exact cut or preparation.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Pharaoh cuttlefish nutrition & diet

Pharaoh cuttlefish nutritional value

Reference: Cuttlefish, raw

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

Calories
71kcal
Protein
16.1g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
0.7g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Compare cleaned edible flesh with cleaned edible flesh; whole-animal weights include inedible or discarded parts. Mantle and arm portions, and raw versus cooked products, may differ in moisture and edible yield.

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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID), 2021 — 16-254 ↗. 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.

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