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Roast Pork

Roast pork is pork cooked by roasting and commonly served sliced as a main dish or filling.

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About Roast Pork

Roast pork is pork cooked in an oven or other dry-heat setting until the exterior is browned and the interior reaches the desired doneness. The term can refer to loin, shoulder, leg, belly, or other cuts, so the ingredient may be served sliced as a main dish or used in sandwiches, filled breads, and other composed dishes.

Flavour is savoury and roasted, while texture varies from lean and sliceable to richly fatty and shreddable according to cut and preparation. The surface may be crisp or browned, and the interior may range from pale to deep brown. Herbs, spices, crackling, gravy, or sauce can further alter the result.

Roast pork is sold freshly cooked, chilled, or as leftovers, sometimes with crackling or a coating of herbs and spices. It may be presented whole or sliced. Roasting browns the exterior and changes the raw meat into a cooked product whose firmness, juiciness, and fat distribution depend on cut and doneness.

Ingredient type
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Forms & related ingredients

  • Porkcontains · Roast Pork → Pork

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Roast Pork

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Roast Pork nutrition & diet

Roast Pork nutritional value

Pork, roast

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

Calories
181kcal
Protein
26.6g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
7.5g

Reference values per 100 g for the displayed USDA form. Varieties, recipes, brands and preparation can differ.

Portions & preparation

Identify the cut, visible fat, skin, seasoning, and cooked edible portion before choosing a reference. Roasting can include oil, brine, glaze, or drippings, while stuffed or sauced versions require separate treatment. Sliced lean meat and a fatty, glazed serving are not interchangeable catalogue forms.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to the specified roasted pork cut and edible cooked portion, including skin, visible fat, brine, glaze, stuffing, and serving sauce.

Diet considerations

Roast pork is animal-origin meat. Compatibility changes with curing, stuffing, gravy, dairy-based sauces, cereal fillings, coatings, and accompaniments. Plain roasted pork differs from processed or glazed pork, and the recipe may include alcohol, sweeteners, or other animal ingredients. Portion size also changes the meal’s overall carbohydrate pattern through sides.

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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Pork, roast ↗. 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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