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Sake

Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage brewed from rice and commonly served with meals or used in cooking.

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About Sake

Sake is a Japanese alcoholic drink brewed from rice, water, yeast, and koji, a rice cultivated with mould that helps convert starch into fermentable sugars. It is served as a drink and used in marinades, sauces, simmered dishes, and batters.

Its flavour ranges from dry and delicate to rounded, fruity, savoury, or mildly sweet. Aroma, acidity, sweetness, and body vary with brewing style, polishing, filtration, and maturation. Some versions are light and clean, while others are fuller or more aromatic.

Sake is usually a clear liquid sold in bottles or larger containers. It may be served chilled, at room temperature, or warm, with temperature changing its aroma and perceived flavour. Cooking sake may contain added salt or other ingredients and is distinct from drinking sake.

Ingredient type
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Main dishes

Rice dishes

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Local names for sake

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English

Sake

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Sake nutrition & diet

Sake nutritional value

Alcoholic beverage, rice (sake)

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

Calories
134kcal
Protein
0.5g
Carbs
5.0g
Fat
0.0g

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

Portions & preparation

Assess the served beverage or the cooking amount separately, because evaporation and recipe concentration vary with preparation. Identify whether the product is ordinary sake, sparkling, sweetened, flavored, or fortified, and do not substitute a rice beverage or seasoning product for brewed sake.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to brewed sake as served or used in cooking, specifying style, sweetness, fortification, flavoring, and serving condition.

Diet considerations

Sake is made by fermenting rice with brewing microorganisms and is therefore not simply a whole rice food. Compatibility changes with added flavorings, sweeteners, fortifiers, or cooking blends. It is an alcoholic beverage; foods prepared with it may retain or reduce alcohol depending on method, time, and temperature.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Typically incompatible
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Rice. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies an alcoholic ingredient. Check the actual formulation and preparation against your halal requirements.
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: USDA FoodData Central — Alcoholic beverage, rice (sake) ↗. 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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