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Sea urchin roe

Sea urchin roe is the edible gonad of a sea urchin, commonly served raw or used in sushi, pasta, sauces, and other seafood dishes.

Sea urchin roe — illustrative ingredient image

About Sea urchin roe

Sea urchin roe is the edible gonad removed from inside a sea urchin, although “roe” is a culinary term rather than a description of eggs alone. The lobes are soft and fragile, typically yellow, orange, or reddish, and are sold fresh, chilled, frozen, or preserved depending on the market.

It has a concentrated marine flavour that may be sweet, briny, buttery, or faintly bitter, with a custard-like texture that breaks easily. Sea urchin roe is commonly served raw in sushi or on its own, and is also stirred into pasta, sauces, rice dishes, and other seafood preparations.

Fresh or chilled lobes retain their delicate, easily broken form, while frozen or preserved products may differ in handling and presentation. Stirring roe into pasta, sauces, rice dishes, or other preparations disperses the lobes and changes the texture from distinct pieces to a blended component.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Sea urchin roe

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Sea urchin roe nutrition & diet

Sea urchin roe nutritional value

Sea urchin, raw gonads — MEXT 10365

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the explicitly named reference form.

Calories
109kcal
Protein
16.0g
Carbs
3.3g
Fat
4.8g

Per 100 g edible portion. Values use MEXT 2023 with March 2026 corrections; the English food name is matched by food code from the official English edition. Carbohydrate is total carbohydrate by difference. Values in parentheses in the source are estimates reported by MEXT. This reference does not cover other preparations or brands.

Portions & preparation

Use the edible sea-urchin gonad only, and distinguish fresh raw roe from pasteurized, frozen, salted, or otherwise processed product. Match drained weight when packed in liquid. Serving context matters because sushi, pasta, sauces, and spreads can add substantial ingredients that are not part of the roe reference.

Compare the right form: Match references to cleaned sea-urchin gonad, specifying species and fresh, raw, pasteurized, frozen, salted, or other processing.

Diet considerations

Sea-urchin roe is an animal-derived marine food and is incompatible with vegetarian and vegan patterns. Preparation may add rice, wheat pasta, eggs, dairy, soy-based sauces, alcohol, or other seafood. Packaging liquid and preservation method can alter the applicable entry, so brand and recipe details matter for blends.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
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 · 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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, 2023 supplement, corrected March 2026 ↗. 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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