Create allergy card
← Browse ingredients

Pork Tongue

Pork tongue is an edible organ meat commonly simmered, braised, sliced, or served cold.

Pork Tongue — illustrative ingredient image

About Pork Tongue

Pork tongue is the edible muscular tongue of a pig, commonly simmered, braised, sliced for hot dishes, or chilled and served cold. Preparations often season it during cooking before peeling and slicing.

It has a firm raw texture and a dense, smooth texture when properly simmered or braised. Slow cooking makes the interior tender while preserving a meaty, slightly springy bite. The flavour is not further specified here beyond its use as pork organ meat.

Pork tongue is a compact, elongated organ with a textured outer skin that is normally removed after cooking. It may be sold whole, fresh, chilled, frozen, or cooked. Cooked slices are usually pale pink to grey-beige, and peeling changes the appearance.

Ingredient type
whole food

FOLLOW IT TO THE PLATE

Where will you meet it?

Explore the dishes that use this ingredient and their country and cuisine connections.

Explore linked dishes

ON A MENU OR LABEL

Find local names and written forms to help recognise this ingredient.

See local names

Where pork tongue appears

1 linked foods

Find foods to recognise by country and type. Recipes and products vary; these are recorded ingredient connections.

Showing 1–1 of 1

Snacks

Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for pork tongue

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Pork Tongue

English

cooked pork tongue

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

English

Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, tongue, cooked, braised

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

English

Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, tongue, raw

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

Available names only. Languages may be spoken in other countries; a name alone does not identify every ingredient in a dish.

Pork Tongue nutrition & diet

Pork Tongue nutritional value

Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, tongue, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
225kcal
Protein
16.3g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
17.2g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Use a reference for cleaned pork tongue in the same state, such as raw, simmered, braised, sliced, or chilled. Peeling after cooking changes the edible portion, and serving with sauce, pickling liquid, breading, or other accompaniments should be treated as a separate preparation.

Compare the right form: Match to cleaned pork tongue with skin removed or retained as specified, and identify raw or cooked state, slicing, and accompanying sauce.

Diet considerations

Pork tongue is animal-derived and is not compatible with vegetarian or vegan diets. Plain tongue differs from pickled, breaded, sauced, or stuffed preparations that may include cereal, dairy, sweeteners, or other animal ingredients. Carbohydrate patterns generally come from brines, coatings, sauces, and sides rather than the plain organ.

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 incompatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Typically incompatible
  • 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 incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
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 · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient.

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

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, tongue, 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.

Last recorded verification: .