Albacore

Thunnus alalungaAlso called Thunnus alalunga and longfin tuna

Albacore is a kind of tuna. Cooks use its muscle, which is sold canned.

Fish
Gluten-free
Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Fish & seafood
Part used: Muscle
Family: Scombridae
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Hugues Evano (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologique… · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Shopping

Choosing and storing albacore

Sold as: Canned

Around the world

Where albacore is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses albacore. Here is where they come from.

Origins

Native to: World

1903 · United States
An experimental albacore pack helped launch the US tuna-canning industry.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: albacore in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: tuna

Around the world

What albacore is called

Names in 54 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Thunnus alalunga · Atún · Albacora · Sierra
French
Thon blanc · Thunnus alalunga · germon · Ara Lunga
Italian
Thunnus alalunga
Portuguese
Thunnus alalunga
German
Weißer Thun · Langflossenthun · Thunnus alalunga · Weißer Thunfisch
Dutch
witte tonijn
Greek
Μακρυπτέρυγος τόνος
Turkish
Beyaz ton balığı
Russian
длиннопёрый тунец · альбакор · длиннокрылый тунец · белый тунец
Polish
Tuńczyk albakora
Arabic
تونة بيضاء
Persian
تون باله‌دراز

Show all 54 languages

Achinese
Sisék
Afrikaans
Albakoor
Albanian
Thunnus alalunga
Asturian
Thunnus alalunga · bonitu · bonitu llargu
Azerbaijani
Uzunüzgəc tunes
Balinese
Albacore
Basque
atun · atun hegaluze
Breton
Toun gwenn
Bulgarian
дългопера риба тон · албакор · Thunnus alalunga
Catalan
bacora · Germon
Cebuano
Barilis
Central Kurdish
ماسی توونەی باڵدرێژ
Chinese
长鳍金枪鱼 · 長鰭鮪
Croatian
Thunnus alalunga
Czech
tuňák křídlatý
Egyptian Arabic
تونه بيضاء
Estonian
pikkuim-tuun · Thunnus alalunga
Filipino
Thunnus alalunga
Finnish
valkotonnikala
Galician
Bonito do norte
Hebrew
אלבקור
Hungarian
Thunnus alalunga
Icelandic
Hvíti túnfiskur
Indonesian
albakora
Interlingua
Thunnus alalunga
Irish
Thunnus alalunga
Japanese
ビンナガ · ビンナガマグロ · ビンチョウ · ビンチョウマグロ
Kazakh
Альбакор
Korean
날개다랑어
Latin
Thunnus alalunga
Lithuanian
Germon
Norwegian Bokmål
Albakor
Romanian
Thunnus alalunga
Serbian
Албакор
Simplified Chinese
长鳍金枪鱼
Simplified Chinese (China)
长鳍金枪鱼
Slovenian
Beli tun
Swedish
Långfenad tonfisk · Germon
Tamil
குளிர்கடல் வெள்ளைச் சூரை · அல்பக்கோர்
Thai
ปลาทูน่าครีบยาว
Traditional Chinese
長鰭鮪魚 · 長鰭鮪
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
長鰭鮪 · 長鰭金槍魚 · Pon-bo
Ukrainian
Thunnus alalunga
Vietnamese
Thunnus alalunga
Waray
Panit
Welsh
Tiwna Asgell-Hir

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q239977

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