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Mussels (raw meat)
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Mussels (raw meat)

11.9% protein · 86 kcal

Per 100 g
86 kcal Energy
11.9 g Protein
3.69 g Carbs
2.24 g Fat
0 g Fibre
Gluten-free SHELLFISH Year round

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What it is for

Heat unfolds them and they link to each other: they bind, they firm, they build crust. They are one half of the Maillard reaction; sugar is the other.

Where it catches you out

Every protein has its own threshold and none of them are reversible. Egg turns at 82 °C, meat at 70, fish at 55 — once past, there is no coming back.

The knack

The table describes raw blue-mussel meat without shells; other species, rice filling and frying oil are not included.

Storage and health

How to keep it, and who it suits.

Keeping it

Keep raw shucked mussel meat refrigerated at 0-4 °C for 1-2 days; freeze at -18 °C for 3 months.

Gluten-free

Plain raw mussel meat is naturally gluten-free.

Allergen: SHELLFISH

Glycaemic index

This ingredient carries no meaningful carbohydrate, so it has no glycaemic index. On its own it will not move blood sugar; what you eat alongside it decides that.