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Mackerel

Copepoda, Scomber scombrusAlso called Scomber scombrus

Mackerel is a fish sold canned, fresh, or frozen. Cooks use its muscle.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

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

Part used
Muscle
Family
Scombridae
Cooked most in
Asia, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Mackerel, whole

Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Shopping

Choosing and storing mackerel

Sold as
Canned, Fresh, Frozen

Nutrition

What 100 g of mackerel holds

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

Protein 57%Fat 43%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of mackerel, raw
Energy205 kcal · 858 kJ
Protein19 g
Fat14 g
of which saturated3.3 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium90 mg
Cholesterol70 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of mackerel, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium314 mg
Calcium12 mg
Iron1.6 mg
Magnesium76 mg
Zinc0.63 mg
Vitamin C0.4 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)50 µg
Folate1 µg
Vitamin B128.7 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 175119), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where mackerel is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use mackerel. 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 among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
Canada, United States

On the table

Dishes made with mackerel

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Sour Fish Soup

    Indonesia

  • Naranjas picadas

    Spain

  • Kakegawa imojiru

    Japan

  • Swedish mackerel soup

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: mackerel 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

Around the world

What mackerel is called

Names in 81 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Scomber scombrus · Verdel · Xarda · Caballa

  • French

    maquereau commun · Scomber scombrus · maquereau · Maquereau Commun

  • Italian

    scombro · sgombro, Scomber scombrus · sgombri

  • Portuguese

    Cavala

  • German

    Makrele · Makrelen · Scomber scombrus · Maquereau

  • Dutch

    makreel · gewone makreel · Atlantische makreel

  • Greek

    Σκουμπρί · Scomber scombrus · σκόμβρος ο γνήσιος · τσίρος

  • Turkish

    Uskumru · Scomber scombrus · Uskumru balığı · Torik balığı

  • Russian

    атлантическая скумбрия · Scomber scombrus

  • Polish

    Makrela atlantycka

  • Arabic

    إسقمري معروف · إسقمري · الماكريل · ماكريل

  • Persian

    اسقمری اطلس

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  • Albanian

    Scomber scombrus

  • Aragonese

    Scomber scombrus

  • Asturian

    Scomber scombrus · xarda

  • Balinese

    Tenggiri Atlantik

  • Basque

    Berdel

  • Belarusian

    Атлантычная скумбрыя

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Carapau

  • Breton

    Brezhel

  • Bulgarian

    скумрия · Scomber scombrus

  • Cantonese

    青花魚

  • Catalan

    verat · Scomber scombrus · veradó · gallimó

  • Cebuano

    Rastrelliger

  • Chinese

    鯖魚 · 鯖 · 青花魚

  • Croatian

    Skuša · Scomber scombrus

  • Czech

    makrela obecná · Makrela · Scomber scombrus

  • Danish

    makrel

  • Egyptian Arabic

    اسقمرى معروف

  • eml

    Śgómbar

  • Esperanto

    Skombro

  • Estonian

    makrell · Harilik makrell · Scomber scombrus

  • Faroese

    Makrelur

  • Filipino

    Scomber scombrus

  • Finnish

    makrilli · Scomber scombrus · Scomber scomber

  • Fon

    Kpokún

  • Galician

    Xarda · Scomber japonicus · Scomber scombrus

  • Georgian

    სკუმბრია

  • Haitian Creole

    Makro

  • Hebrew

    מקרל

  • Hungarian

    közönséges makréla · Scomber scombrus

  • Icelandic

    Makríll

  • Ido

    Makrelo

  • Indonesian

    Ikan kembung

  • Interlingua

    Scomber scombrus

  • Irish

    ronnach

  • Japanese

    タイセイヨウサバ · 大西洋鯖 · ノルウェーサバ

  • Kazakh

    Скумбрия

  • Korean

    대서양고등어

  • Latin

    Scomber scombrus

  • Latvian

    Atlantijas makrele · skumbrija

  • Ligurian

    Laxerto

  • Lithuanian

    Atlantinė skumbrė · Skumbrė · Scomber scombrus · Maquereau

  • Lule Sami

    makrijlla

  • Macedonian

    Скуша · атлантска скуша

  • Malay

    Ikan Kembung

  • Marathi

    बांगडा

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Scomber

  • Moroccan Arabic

    زروڭ

  • Northern Frisian

    Makreel · Scomber scombrus

  • Northern Sami

    makrealla

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    makrell

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Makrell

  • Occitan

    Vairat

  • olo

    Makrelli

  • Romanian

    Scrumbie

  • Scots

    mackerel

  • Scottish Gaelic

    Rionnach

  • Serbian

    скуша · Scomber scombrus

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Skuša

  • Sicilian

    Scomber scombrus · Scomber scomberus · Scurmu

  • sje

    makrijjla

  • Slovenian

    navadna skuša · Scomber scomber · Scomber scombrus · lokarda

  • Southern Sami

    makrelle

  • Swedish

    makrill · Maquereau

  • Swiss High German

    Makrele

  • Thai

    ปลาแมกเคอเรล · แมกเคอเรล · ปลาแมคเคอเรล · แมคเคอเรล

  • Ukrainian

    Скумбрія атлантична

  • Venetian

    Ganzariol

  • Vietnamese

    Cá thu

  • Waray

    Rastrelliger

  • Welsh

    Macrell

  • Wu Chinese

    大西洋鲭

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q30153

Photos

Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons