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Clam

BivalviaAlso called bivalvia, bivalve and bivalves

Clams are shellfish. Cooks bake, boil, simmer, or steam them, or serve them raw. They pair with coconut and pasta.

  • Shellfish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: molluscs

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

Cooked most in
Asia, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Clam, whole

Photo: Marlith · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use clam

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Boil simmer
  • Raw
  • Steam

Goes well with

Nutrition

What 100 g of clam holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 76%Fat 5%Carbohydrate 19%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of clam, raw
Energy86 kcal · 360 kJ
Protein15 g
Fat0.96 g
of which saturated0.19 g
Carbohydrate3.6 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium601 mg
Cholesterol30 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of clam, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium46 mg
Calcium39 mg
Iron1.6 mg
Magnesium19 mg
Zinc0.51 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)90 µg
Folate5 µg
Vitamin B1211 µg
Cooked

Protein 78%Fat 6%Carbohydrate 16%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of clam, cooked
Energy148 kcal · 618 kJ
Protein26 g
Fat2 g
of which saturated0.19 g
Carbohydrate5.1 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium1,202 mg
Cholesterol67 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of clam, cooked: minerals and vitamins
Potassium628 mg
Calcium92 mg
Iron2.8 mg
Magnesium18 mg
Zinc2.7 mg
Vitamin C22 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)171 µg
Folate29 µg
Vitamin B1299 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 174214, 171975), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where clam is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use clam. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list clam among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with clam

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Rendang lokan

    Indonesia

  • Palourdes marinières

    Spain

  • Clam pie

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include clam.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: clam 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: molluscsChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: shellfishChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
shellfish

Around the world

What clam is called

Names in 46 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    almeja

  • French

    palourde · palourdes

  • Italian

    vongola · Vongole

  • Portuguese

    amêijoa · Vongola · Ameijoa · Sernambi

  • German

    Venusmuscheln

  • Dutch

    clam

  • Greek

    Αχιβάδα

  • Turkish

    deniz tarağı

  • Russian

    съедобные двустворчатые морские моллюски · моллюски мия

  • Arabic

    محار ملزمي · زلفية

  • Persian

    صدف دوکفه‌ای · صدف دوکفه ای

  • Hebrew

    קלאם

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  • Asturian

    Amasuela

  • Basque

    txirla · Almeja · almeja

  • Bikol

    Clam

  • Burmese

    ဂုံး · ခုံးကောင် · ဂုံးကောင်

  • Cantonese

    蜆

  • Catalan

    cloïssa · cloïsses · petxina · petxines

  • cdo

    Gák-lì

  • Chinese

    蛤蜊 · 蛤蠣 · 蚌 · 鮚

  • Corsican

    vongola · vongoli · vongole

  • Esperanto

    pekteno

  • Filipino

    Tulya

  • Galician

    ameixa

  • Goan Konkani

    Tisreo

  • Hakka Chinese

    Lò-pê-é

  • Indonesian

    Kerang

  • Inupiaq

    imaniq

  • Irish

    breallach

  • Japanese

    クラム

  • Javanese

    Kerang

  • kge

    Korang

  • Korean

    조개

  • Latin

    mollusca

  • Literary Chinese

    蚌

  • Malagasy

    tekateka

  • Malay

    kepah

  • Malayalam

    കക്ക

  • Manchu

    ᡨᠠᡥᡡᡵᠠ

  • mcn

    vílìngà · málàngà

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Hún-giô

  • Occitan

    Clausissa

  • Scottish Gaelic

    Bainteag

  • Simplified Chinese

    蛤蜊 · 蛤蛎

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    蛤蛎

  • Sundanese

    Kerang

  • Traditional Chinese

    蛤蜊

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    蛤蜊

  • Uzbek

    clam

  • Vietnamese

    Nghêu · Ngao

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1192868

Photos

Photo: Marlith · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons