Fish
Offal
Bluefin offal (heart, liver, and other viscera) is specialist cookery only—organs spoil faster than muscle and need impeccable freshness. Most retail streams discard them. Heart can be sliced and seared; liver is strong and rare. Conservation-sensitive; buy traced fish; raw service is the luxury use. When unsure, discard.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 7.94 g
- Saturated Fat 0.97 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 2.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 5.92 g
- Cholesterol 215 mg
- Sodium 79 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 22.5 g
- Water 70.1 g
- Energy 157 kcal
- Water 70.1 g
- Protein 22.5 g
- Fat 7.94 g
- Saturated Fat 0.97 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 2.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 5.92 g
- Omega-3 2.37 g
- Vitamins 5041 mg
- Vitamin A 5000 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.13 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 3.35 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.58 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.47 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 3.5 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 13.9 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 13.8 µg
- Vitamin E 1.71 mg
- Vitamin K 0.6 µg
- Minerals 405 mg
- Major Minerals 397 mg
- Trace Minerals 8 mg
- Iron 8 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Cholesterol 215 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 5000 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.09 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.13 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 3.35 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.58 · vitamin-b6: 0.47 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 3.5 · vitamin-b9-folate: 13.9 · vitamin-d: 13.8 · vitamin-e: 1.71 · vitamin-k: 0.6 ·
Minerals
Liver concentrates vitamins A and B12 and holds more cholesterol than skeletal muscle.
History
Some coastal traditions used selected bluefin organs.
Nose-to-tail chefs experimented with bluefin heart from whole fish.