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Skate

Skate is a cartilaginous fish commonly cooked by grilling, frying, baking, or poaching.

Skate — illustrative ingredient image

About Skate

Skate is the edible wing-like body of a cartilaginous marine fish, usually sold as whole sections, wings, or trimmed pieces. It is commonly poached, baked, grilled, or fried, and used in dishes where its mild marine flavour suits sauces or simple seasoning.

The flesh is pale and lean-looking when raw, with a firm structure that separates into moist, fibrous flakes when cooked. Its flavour is mild and distinctly marine. The wing contains a characteristic pattern of cartilage rather than conventional fish bones.

Skate may be sold fresh, chilled, frozen, or prepared as trimmed portions. Cooking methods and freshness affect its tenderness and aroma. The culinary name covers multiple closely related skate types, so size, texture, and exact appearance can differ between markets and species.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for skate

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English

skate

English

skate (raw)

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English

Skate, grilled

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English

Skate, grilled, weighed with bones

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Skate nutrition & diet

Skate nutritional value

Skate, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
64kcal
Protein
15.1g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
0.4g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 16-143. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Reference edible skate wing flesh and specify whether cartilage, skin, and bones remain, since purchased and served portions can differ. Poaching, baking, grilling, or frying changes the comparison when butter, oil, batter, capers, or sauce are added to the fish.

Compare the right form: Match the identified skate species and edible wing form, separating raw or cooked flesh from cartilage, skin, bones, breading, butter, and accompanying sauce.

Diet considerations

Skate is animal-derived cartilaginous fish. Plain poached or grilled skate differs from fried or battered preparations and from recipes using butter, cream, meat stock, or shellfish sauce. Potatoes, bread, noodles, or sweet marinades alter the carbohydrate pattern of the meal, while the fish itself remains the specific reference food.

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: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Skate, 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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