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Stout

Dark roasted barley beer used in stews and breads.

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About Stout

Stout is a dark beer brewed with roasted barley and used both as a beverage and as a cooking ingredient. It can enrich stews, gravies, marinades, batters, and breads. Different examples range from dry and bitter to sweet, creamy, or strongly roasted.

Roasted barley gives stout its deep brown to nearly black colour and can contribute coffee-like, cocoa-like, toasted, malty, or bitter notes. Carbonation adds lightness when it is poured into dough or batter. Heating drives off carbonation and alcohol while leaving a changing concentration of beer flavour.

Stout is sold in bottles, cans, or on draught. It can be added directly to a recipe, folded into batter, or simmered with meat and vegetables. Baking or simmering softens its fresh aroma, while reduction intensifies remaining roasted and malty flavours; the finished dish determines how much liquid remains.

Ingredient type
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Stout nutrition & diet

Stout nutritional value

Stout

Per 100 g of 100 g of the recorded edible food form.

Calories
46kcal
Protein
0.4g
Carbs
5.3g
Fat
0.0g

Reference values for the displayed measured form. Recipe, brand, ingredients and preparation can change the values.

Portions & preparation

Use the exact stout style and serving context, distinguishing beer consumed as a beverage from a measured cooking ingredient. Brewing recipe, residual sweetness, carbonation, and alcohol retention after cooking vary. Record whether the stout is plain or incorporated into batter, bread, gravy, or dessert.

Compare the right form: Match references to the specific stout beer, beverage or cooking form, and recipe amount; branded style and cooking method matter.

Diet considerations

Stout is brewed from cereal ingredients, notably barley, with water, hops, yeast, and sometimes other grains or additives. Compatibility changes with brewing recipe, finings, flavorings, and whether animal-derived ingredients are used. Bread, batter, and desserts add further cereals, dairy, eggs, or coatings; carbohydrate patterns depend on portion and recipe.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
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: BLS 4.0 — Stout (P177000) ↗. 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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