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Sardine

Sardines are small oily fish commonly grilled, fried, preserved, or added to sauces and salads.

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About Sardine

Sardine is a small oily fish sold whole, as fillets, or prepared for preservation. Sardines are grilled, fried, baked, or broiled, and are also used in salads, pasta, sandwiches, spreads, and sauces.

The flesh is soft and moist when cooked, with a pronounced marine flavor that can become more concentrated through salting, smoking, drying, or canning. Fresh or frozen sardines are usually handled as a whole fish or fillet, while preserved forms differ in flavor and texture.

Appearance varies from silvery whole fish to pale, flaky cooked flesh or packed fillets in oil, water, or sauce. Sardines may be fresh, frozen, canned, salted, smoked, or packed with seasonings; these forms are not interchangeable, and processing changes their appearance and texture.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for sardine

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Sardine

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american sardine in oil (canned)

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maine sardine (packed in oil)

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maine sardine (packed in sild sardine oil, canned)

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sardine (canned)

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sardine (raw)

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sardine fillet (salt-cured)

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Sardine fillets

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Sardine fillets in olive oil

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Sardine, à l'huile d'arachide, appertisée, égouttée

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Sardine, à l'huile d'olive, appertisée, égouttée

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Sardine, à l'huile de tournesol, appertisée, égouttée

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Sardine, à l'huile, appertisée, égouttée

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Sardine, Australian, whole, fried, no added fat

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Sardine, Australian, whole, raw

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Sardine, Boiled

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Sardine, Boiled and dried

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Sardine, Canned in oil

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Sardine, Canned, Seasoned

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Sardine, crue

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Sardine, Dried

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Sardine, filets sans arêtes à l'huile d'olive, appertisés, égouttés

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Sardine, grillée/poêlée

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Sardine, Roasted

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Sardine, Salted

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Sardine, Salted and dried

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sild sardine in oil (smoked)

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Sardine nutrition & diet

Sardine nutritional value

Reference: Sardine, Australian, whole, raw

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

Calories
105.6kcal
Protein
19.7g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
2.9g

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 F007973. 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 identified sardine species and edible preparation: fresh, grilled, fried, canned, smoked, or preserved. Include edible skin and bones only as served. Oil, brine, tomato sauce, batter, and drained versus undrained canned portions require separate interpretation.

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Diet considerations

Sardine is animal-derived fish. Plain fresh or cooked fish differs from products packed in oil, brine, tomato sauce, or cereal batter. Added dairy, egg, flour, or mixed stock changes compatibility. Canned and preserved forms require product-specific review; carbohydrate patterns usually reflect sauces, coatings, and accompaniments.

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 compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
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 compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
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 · 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: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Sardine, Australian, whole, 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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