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Smoked Tuna

Smoked tuna is tuna preserved and flavored by smoking, commonly served sliced, flaked, or added to salads and savory dishes.

Smoked Tuna — illustrative ingredient image

About Smoked Tuna

Smoked tuna is tuna flesh that has been cured or otherwise prepared and exposed to smoke. Smoking gives the fish a distinctive savoury flavour and may help preserve it, although products differ according to whether they are hot-smoked, cold-smoked, dried, or packed in oil. It is used in salads, sandwiches, spreads, pasta, and seafood dishes.

The flesh may be moist and tender or firm, dense, and relatively dry. Hot smoking generally produces a cooked, flaky texture, while cold smoking leaves a smoother, more supple piece that still requires appropriate handling. Flavour ranges from gently smoky to pronounced, with saltiness affected by curing and packing.

Smoked tuna may appear pink, red, tan, or brownish at the surface, depending on the cut and treatment. It is sold as loins, steaks, slices, flakes, or packaged portions, either with a natural surface or in oil or sauce. It can be served chilled or incorporated into hot dishes.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for smoked tuna

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English

smoked tuna

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Smoked Tuna nutrition & diet

Smoked Tuna 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

Identify whether the edible portion is sliced, flaked, canned-style, or vacuum-packed before comparing references. Smoking, curing, added oil, and retained moisture can substantially change the product’s composition. Record the portion actually eaten and separate accompanying sauces, dressings, or brines from the tuna.

Compare the right form: Match smoked tuna flesh in the documented cut and preservation style, such as sliced or flaked; exclude oil, brine, sauces, and garnish.

Diet considerations

Tuna is animal-derived fish. Plain smoked tuna differs from preparations containing oil, sugar, dairy, egg, or other binders. Sandwiches, salads, coatings, and sauces may add cereal ingredients or animal products; carbohydrate patterns generally depend more on accompaniments and portion than on the fish itself.

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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