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Salami

Salami is a cured sausage commonly sliced for sandwiches, antipasti, and savory platters.

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About Salami

Salami is a seasoned sausage made from ground or chopped meat and fat, preserved by curing and, in many styles, fermentation and drying. It is commonly sliced for sandwiches, antipasti, savoury platters, and snacks, and may be diced into cooked dishes or used as a topping.

Its flavour varies with the meat, salt, spices, smoke, fermentation, and drying. Salami is usually firm and sliceable, with colour ranging from pink to deep red. Some styles show distinct white fat pieces, while others have a finer, more uniform texture.

Salami is sold as whole links, short pieces, or pre-sliced portions. Slicing reveals the meat-and-fat pattern; dicing suits sauces, pizzas, and fillings. Heating softens it and releases fat, while casing may be removed before serving or cooking.

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Snacks

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Local names for salami

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English

salami

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cooked salami

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Salami type danois

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Salami, cooked, beef

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Salami, cooked, beef and pork

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Salami, cooked, turkey

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Salami, dry or hard, pork

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Salami, dry or hard, pork, beef

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Salami, Italian, pork

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Salami, Italian, pork and beef, dry, sliced, 50% less sodium

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Salami, pork, beef, less sodium

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Salami nutrition & diet

Salami nutritional value

Reference: Salami, all varieties, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
345.4kcal
Protein
21.9g
Carbs
0.4g
Fat
28.3g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F007818. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Match the reference to the edible sliced sausage and identify whether it is dry-cured, cooked, smoked, fermented, or shelf-stable. Trim, casing, moisture loss, and serving style matter. Bread, cheese, oils, pickles, and other platter or sandwich ingredients should be assessed separately.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to the named salami style, specifying meat species, curing or cooking method, casing, smoking, slicing, and edible portion.

Diet considerations

Salami is animal-derived, but its formulation may include more than one meat species, dairy, spices, sugar, cereal fillers, or animal-derived casings. Compatibility changes with those ingredients and with bread, coatings, or accompaniments. Processing and recipe vary by brand, so a generic salami entry is limited.

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
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Typically incompatible
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Pork. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Pork. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Pork. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
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 · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Pork. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Pork. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.

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: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Salami, all varieties, 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.

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