Fish
Roe
Roe of Tuna is egg mass or milt—cooked, cured, or specialty-prepared by species. Smell must be clean and marine. Gentle heat prevents chalky dryness. Keep tuna roe iced until cooking; pat dry for browning, and stop when just opaque (or leave a rare centre on quality loins for steaks and sashimi). Sashimi, searing, canning, and poke suit the cut. Season with salt, acid, and fat that frame dense steak-like muscle.
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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 14.5 g
- Saturated Fat 3.61 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.34 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 6.5 g
- Cholesterol 322 mg
- Sodium 82.4 mg
- Salt 0.19 g
- Total Carbohydrate 1.43 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 24.3 g
- Water 57.8 g
- Energy 233 kcal
- Water 57.8 g
- Carbohydrates 1.43 g
- Protein 24.3 g
- Fat 14.5 g
- Saturated Fat 3.61 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.34 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 6.5 g
- Omega-3 2.28 g
- Vitamins 56.1 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.13 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 3.3 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.82 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.47 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 3.5 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 13.7 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 13.6 µg
- Vitamin E 1.69 mg
- Vitamin K 0.6 µg
- Minerals 330 mg
- Major Minerals 328 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.19 g
- Cholesterol 322 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.08 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.13 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 3.3 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.82 · vitamin-b6: 0.47 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 3.5 · vitamin-b9-folate: 13.7 · vitamin-d: 13.6 · vitamin-e: 1.69 · vitamin-k: 0.6 ·
Minerals
Roe packs protein, cholesterol, and often long-chain omega-3s.
History
Coastal cooks portioned tuna into roe pieces for even cooking and trade.
Filleting lines and frozen packs made roe of tuna available inland.
Restaurants standardised specialty roe portions of tuna for plate timing.