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Smoked Fish

Smoked fish is fish preserved and flavored by smoking, commonly served as a main dish, appetizer, or ingredient in salads and soups.

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About Smoked Fish

Smoked fish is fish that has been exposed to smoke as part of its processing, commonly with salting, curing, drying, heating, or a combination of these steps. It is a category rather than one species, so appearance, cut, moisture, and smoke intensity vary.

It may be served as a main dish or appetizer and used in salads, soups, and other preparations. Flesh can be moist and tender or firmer and drier, with smoke flavor ranging from subtle to pronounced.

Products may be whole, filleted, sliced, flaked, hot-smoked, or cold-smoked. Color ranges from pale to golden or darker tones, and further cooking or incorporation into salads and soups changes texture, moisture, and the distribution of smoky flavor.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for smoked fish

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English

Smoked fish

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Smoked Fish nutrition & diet

Smoked Fish nutritional value

Fish, smoked

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded USDA food form.

Calories
116kcal
Protein
25.2g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
1.0g

Reference values per 100 g for the displayed USDA form. Varieties, recipes, brands and preparation can differ.

Portions & preparation

Identify the fish species and distinguish cold-smoked, hot-smoked, cured, or otherwise preserved product. Match skin, bones, trimming, and the edible portion as served. Sliced fish, pâté, salads, soups, and sandwiches may include oils, dairy, grains, or sauces that should be recorded separately.

Compare the right form: Match species, smoking method, curing treatment, edible portion, and serving form, including whole, filleted, sliced, flaked, pâté, salad, or soup preparation.

Diet considerations

Smoked fish is animal-derived, but species and processing must be established. Plain smoked fish differs from products combined with dairy, eggs, cereal ingredients, coatings, sauces, or other seafood. Salads, soups, and sandwiches should be reviewed as recipes; bread, grains, noodles, or sweetened sauces can change the carbohydrate pattern and overall compatibility.

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: USDA FoodData Central — Fish, smoked ↗. 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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