Scallop
A scallop is a marine bivalve prized for its sweet, delicate meat and commonly seared, grilled, or added to seafood dishes.
About Scallop
A scallop is the edible marine bivalve commonly sold as a whole shellfish or as a cleaned portion, especially its firm adductor muscle. Scallops are commonly seared, grilled, broiled, poached, baked, or added to soups, pasta, rice, and other seafood dishes.
The meat is usually ivory to pale cream, with a smooth, slightly springy texture and a delicate, mildly sweet flavour. Some preparations also retain the orange or grayish roe-bearing tissue, which changes the appearance and the included edible portion.
Scallops are available live in the shell, shucked and fresh, frozen, or preserved. Size, moisture, and whether roe is retained vary by product; cooking methods such as searing, grilling, poaching, or baking change the surface, firmness, and moisture.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Local names for scallop
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
scallop
coquille Saint-Jacques
vieira
vieira
capesanta
Jakobsmuschel
sint-jakobsschelp
vieira
vieira
χτένι
chténi
ホタテ
hotate
가리비
garibi
扇贝
shànbèi
морской гребешок
morskoy grebeshok
морський гребінець
morskyi hrebინets
przegrzebek
deniz tarağı
kerang simping
sò điệp
หอยเชลล์
hoi chen
स्कैलप
skailap
chténi
Romanised form
hotate
Romanised form
Coquille Saint-Jacques, noix et corail, crue
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Coquille Saint-Jacques, noix et corail, cuite
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Coquille Saint-Jacques, noix, crue
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Mollusks, scallop, (bay and sea), cooked, steamed
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Mollusks, scallop, mixed species, cooked, breaded and fried
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Mollusks, scallop, mixed species, imitation, made from surimi
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Mollusks, scallop, mixed species, raw
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scallop (boiled)
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scallop (canned)
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Scallop, Adductor muscle, Boiled and dried
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Scallop, Adductor muscle, Frozen
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Scallop, Adductor muscle, Raw
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scallop, australian
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scallop, bay
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Scallop, Deep-fried, Breaded
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Scallop, Dried
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Scallop, Farrer's scallop, Raw
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Scallop, fried, no added fat
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scallop, giant pacific
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scallop, great
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scallop, new zealand
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scallop, queen
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Scallop, raw
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scallop, sea
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Scallops, baked or broiled
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Scallops, bay, Patagonian, frozen, wild caught
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Scallops, fried
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speckled Scallop
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morskyi hrebინets
Romanised form
garibi
Romanised form
shànbèi
Romanised form
skailap
Romanised form
morskoy grebeshok
Romanised form
hoi chen
Romanised form
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Scallop nutrition & diet
Scallop nutritional value
Mollusks, scallop, mixed species, raw
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.
- Calories
- 69kcal
- Protein
- 12.1g
- Carbs
- 3.2g
- Fat
- 0.5g
Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.
Portions & preparation
Use the edible adductor muscle as the reference form unless roe, viscera, or whole-animal preparation is specified. Fresh, frozen, dry-packed, wet-treated, breaded, or cooked scallops differ in handling and portion definition, while searing or grilling can add cooking fat and alter the served weight.
Compare the right form: Match the reference to scallop adductor muscle, with or without roe, and specify fresh, frozen, treated, raw, cooked, breaded, or fried form.
Diet considerations
Scallop is an animal-derived marine mollusk. Compatibility changes with breading, wheat or other cereal coatings, dairy-based sauces, stock, or mixed seafood preparations. Plain cooked scallop differs from a restaurant dish containing butter, batter, noodles, rice, or other portion-dependent carbohydrate ingredients.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganTypically incompatible
- VegetarianTypically incompatible
- PescatarianTypically compatible
- KetoMay be compatible
- PaleoMay be compatible
- Low-carbMay be compatible
- HalalNot established
- KosherTypically 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 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 · Typically incompatible
- This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.
Sources & review
Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Mollusks, scallop, mixed species, 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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