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Sheep blood

Sheep blood is used as a culinary ingredient in some blood-based sausages, stews, and traditional dishes.

Sheep blood — illustrative ingredient image

About Sheep blood

Sheep blood is blood collected from sheep and used as a culinary ingredient after handling and preparation. It appears in blood sausages, stews, soups, puddings, and other regional dishes, where it can provide dark colour, savoury flavour, moisture, and binding. It is usually incorporated into a recipe rather than eaten in its raw state.

Before cooking, it is generally a dark red liquid with a smooth, fluid consistency. Coagulation and heating make it firm, smooth, dense, or crumbly, depending on stirring, added ingredients, and the final dish. Its flavour is typically savoury and iron-like, but seasoning and other ingredients strongly shape the result.

Sheep blood may be sold fresh, chilled, frozen, or already coagulated. It can be stirred into a sausage mixture, thickened into a pudding, or simmered in a soup or stew. Heat changes it from liquid dark red blood into a set or cooked product, with forms ranging from sliceable to spoonable.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Sheep blood

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Sheep blood nutrition & diet

Sheep blood nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Beef, offal, 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
170kcal
Protein
16.4g
Carbs
1.0g
Fat
11.2g

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

Use the prepared blood portion specified by the recipe, since cooking method and added ingredients alter the finished food. Stirring while heating can affect texture; sausages and stews may also contribute substantial fat, salt, cereal ingredients, or other organ meats.

Compare the right form: Reference should match raw sheep blood intended for cooking, or the specific cooked blood sausage, stew, or other prepared dish.

Diet considerations

Sheep blood is animal-derived. Compatibility changes substantially when it is combined with pork, other meats, dairy, eggs, cereals, spices, or curing ingredients. Blood sausage is a formulated product, so its recipe, casing, processing, and serving portion determine whether it fits a particular eating pattern.

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
    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 incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
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: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.2.4.0_95 ↗. 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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