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Herring

ClupeaAlso called clupea

Herring is a fish. Cooks use its flesh raw, cured, fermented, pickled, or smoked.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

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

Part used
Muscle
Family
Clupeidae
Cooked most in
Europe
Herring, in dish

Photo: Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use herring

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Cure
  • Ferment
  • Pickle
  • Raw
  • Smoke

Nutrition

What 100 g of herring holds

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

Protein 54%Fat 46%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of herring, raw
Energy195 kcal · 816 kJ
Protein16 g
Fat14 g
of which saturated3.3 g
Carbohydrate0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium74 mg
Cholesterol77 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of herring, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium423 mg
Calcium83 mg
Iron1.1 mg
Magnesium32 mg
Zinc0.53 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)32 µg
Folate5 µg
Vitamin B1210 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 173669), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where herring is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use herring. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Origins

  1. 3,000 BCE

    Herring was a staple food by 3000 BCE.

On the table

Dishes made with herring

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Dressed herring

  • Forshmak

    Eastern Europe

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: herring 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
fish

Around the world

What herring is called

Names in 37 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Clupea · Arenque

  • French

    Hareng frais

  • Italian

    aringa

  • Portuguese

    Arenque

  • German

    Hering · Häring · Matjes

  • Dutch

    haring

  • Greek

    ρέγγα

  • Russian

    cалака

  • Polish

    Śledź (ryba)

  • Arabic

    سمك مملح

  • Persian

    شاه‌ماهی

  • Hebrew

    הרינג

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  • Akan

    Adwene

  • Burmese

    ငါးမျက်ဆန်ကျယ်

  • Cantonese

    希靈魚

  • Chinese

    鯡魚

  • Croatian

    Haringe

  • Czech

    sleď

  • Danish

    sild

  • Esperanto

    Haringo

  • Estonian

    Heeringas

  • Goan Konkani

    Dawak

  • Indonesian

    ikan haring · ikan herring

  • Japanese

    ニシン · 鰊 · 鯟 · 鯡

  • Korean

    herrring

  • Latvian

    reņģe

  • Malay

    Ikan hering

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Sild

  • Old English

    hæring · gryndle

  • Samogitian

    Silkė

  • Slovak

    Sleď

  • Slovenian

    sled · slanik

  • Swedish

    Sill eller Strömming

  • Tamil

    வெங்கணை · வெங்கணா

  • Thai

    ปลาเฮร์ริง

  • Ukrainian

    оселедець

  • Yiddish

    הערינג

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q3127419

Photos

Photo: Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons