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Porcini

Rich woodland mushroom used fresh or dried.

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About Porcini

Porcini are edible wild mushrooms, especially valued in soups, sauces, risottos, pasta dishes, stuffings, and other foods needing a deep mushroom flavour. The name commonly covers closely related Boletus mushrooms, with the edible cap and stem used together.

They have a rich, earthy, savoury flavour often described as meaty or nutty. Fresh porcini are firm and tender, with a substantial texture; dried porcini become chewy until rehydrated and release a concentrated aroma into soaking liquid and cooked dishes.

Fresh mushrooms have rounded caps over thick stems, with colours ranging from pale tan to brown and a spongy pore surface rather than gills. They are sold fresh, dried, or preserved, and may be brushed clean, sliced, sautéed, roasted, or rehydrated before cooking.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Porcini nutrition & diet

Porcini nutritional value

Reference: PORCINI

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

Calories
30.2kcal
Protein
3.1g
Carbs
2.4g
Fat
0.2g

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

Portions & preparation

Identify whether porcini refers to fresh mushrooms, dried slices, powder, or a reconstituted preparation, and use the edible mushroom portion after trimming. Drying concentrates flavor and changes the practical serving; cooking with oil, butter, cream, stock, or wine should be recorded separately from the mushroom itself.

Compare the right form: Match references to the confirmed porcini species and form—fresh, dried, reconstituted, or powdered—with trimmed edible mushroom portion specified.

Diet considerations

Porcini are fungi rather than plants or animals, so dietary descriptions should avoid treating them as either category. Plain porcini may be compatible with many plant-based patterns, but stock, butter, cream, meat, or animal-derived seasonings can change that. Preparation additions determine the carbohydrate pattern.

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
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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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: Fineli Finnish Food Composition Database, release 20.0 — 29410 ↗. 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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