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Mackerel tuna

Euthynnus affinisAlso called kawakawa and euthynnus affinis

Mackerel tuna is a kind of tuna that cooks use raw. It is sold canned or frozen.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

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

Family
Scombridae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Mackerel tuna, whole

Photo: gonodactylus · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use mackerel tuna

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Raw

Shopping

Choosing and storing mackerel tuna

Sold as
Canned, Frozen

Around the world

Where mackerel tuna is cooked

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

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

Origins

Native to
French Polynesia

On the table

Dishes made with mackerel tuna

2 of the 3 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Rujak kuah pindang

    Indonesia

  • Cara isi

    Indonesia

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: mackerel tuna 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

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What mackerel tuna is called

Names in 48 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Euthynnus affinis · Bonito · Bacoreta · Bacoreta Oriental

  • French

    Euthynnus affinis · Thonine · Bonite · Bonite à Dos Rayé

  • Italian

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Portuguese

    Euthynnus affinis

  • German

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Dutch

    Oostdwergtonijn

  • Russian

    Малый восточный тунец · Euthynnus affinis

  • Polish

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Arabic

    بلاميطة

  • Persian

    زرده

  • Chinese

    巴鰹 · 鲔

  • Japanese

    スマ · スマガツオ · スマカツオ · ヤイト

Show all 48 languages

  • Achinese

    Timphik

  • Afrikaans

    Oostelike kleintuna

  • Albanian

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Aragonese

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Asturian

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Basque

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Bikol

    Kawakawa

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Bulgarian

    Кауакауа

  • Catalan

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Cebuano

    Timbongan

  • Divehi

    ލައްޓި

  • Esperanto

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Extremaduran

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Fijian

    Kawakawa (ika)

  • Finnish

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Galician

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Ido

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Indonesian

    tongkol · tongkol banyar · Euthynnus affinis

  • Interlingua

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Interlingue

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Irish

    tuinnín ronnaigh

  • Javanese

    iwak tongkol

  • Korean

    점다랑어

  • Latin

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Madurese

    Cakalan

  • Malay

    Aya kurik · Euthynnus affinis · tongkol · kayu

  • Minangkabau

    Ambu-ambu

  • Nias

    Hambu-hambu

  • Occitan

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Romanian

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Simplified Chinese

    巴鲣

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    巴鲣

  • Sundanese

    cue

  • Swedish

    Ostlig liten bonit

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    巴鰹 · 鮪 · 三點仔 · 煙仔

  • Ukrainian

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Vietnamese

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Volapük

    Euthynnus affinis

  • Waray

    Euthynnus affinis

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: Q9125703

Photos

Photo: gonodactylus · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons