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Seafood

Seafood is a broad category covering edible aquatic animals and prepared forms, from fish and shellfish to mollusks, used in methods including grilling, steaming, and curing.

Seafood — illustrative ingredient image

About Seafood

Seafood is a broad culinary category for edible aquatic animals and their prepared portions, including fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, echinoderms, and other marine or freshwater foods. It may appear as a whole animal, fillet, shell-on portion, cleaned piece, minced product, or preserved ingredient, so the physical form is not fixed.

Flavour, texture, colour, and appearance vary widely across the category, from delicate flaky fish to firm shellfish or tender mollusks. Seafood may be grilled, steamed, fried, baked, simmered, cured, smoked, dried, or eaten raw when prepared for that use.

Appearance and handling depend on the particular seafood and its state of processing. A whole animal, fillet, shell-on portion, cleaned piece, minced product, or preserved ingredient will change substantially with grilling, steaming, frying, baking, simmering, curing, smoking, drying, or incorporation into a mixed dish.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for seafood

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Seafood

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seafood (breaded)

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seafood (canned)

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seafood (frozen)

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seafood (raw)

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seafood (whole or pieces)

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Available names only. Languages may be spoken in other countries; a name alone does not identify every ingredient in a dish.

Seafood nutrition & diet

Seafood nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Fish, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

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

Calories
129kcal
Protein
20.3g
Carbs
0.3g
Fat
5.2g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

This label is too broad for a single reference: establish the species or mixture, edible portion, and fresh, frozen, canned, dried, smoked, or cooked form. Separate drained seafood from packing liquid and identify coatings, sauces, and mixed recipes. Different seafood items should be recorded individually when possible.

Compare the right form: A reference must match the specified seafood species or blend, edible portion, and exact fresh, frozen, canned, dried, smoked, or cooked form.

Diet considerations

Seafood denotes animal-derived aquatic foods and does not fit vegetarian or vegan patterns. Compatibility depends on the included species and preparation; coatings may contain wheat or other cereals, while sauces can add dairy, eggs, soy, alcohol, or meat ingredients. Mixed seafood requires brand or recipe review and portion context.

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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.3.1.9_99 ↗. 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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