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Moose

Betula, LiliumAlso called elk, Eurasian elk, moofe deer and Alces alces

Moose meat is tender. Cooks use the muscle as game meat.

  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

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

Part used
Muscle
Family
Cervidae
Texture
Tender
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Sweden
Moose, whole

Photo: BageBagTav43 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Tender

Nutrition

What 100 g of moose holds

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

Protein 94%Fat 6%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of moose, raw
Energy103 kcal · 430 kJ
Protein22 g
Fat1.5 g
of which saturated0.22 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium65 mg
Cholesterol54 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of moose, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium317 mg
Calcium5 mg
Iron3.3 mg
Magnesium23 mg
Zinc2.8 mg
Vitamin C4 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 167607), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where moose is cooked

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

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

Origins

Native to
United States

On the table

Dishes made with moose

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Tjälknöl

    Sweden

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: moose 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
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What moose is called

Names in 133 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Alces alces · alce · alcesa

  • French

    élan · Alces alces · orignal · Élan

  • Italian

    Alces alces · alci · alce

  • Portuguese

    Alce · Alces alces

  • German

    Elch · Elchwild · Eurasischer Elch

  • Dutch

    eland · Alces alces

  • Greek

    Άλκη

  • Turkish

    Sığın · Alces alces · Moose · Sığın geyiği

  • Russian

    Европейский лось · сохатый · Аlces alces

  • Polish

    Łoś euroazjatycki · Alces alces

  • Arabic

    موظ · الموظ

  • Persian

    موس

Show all 133 languages

  • Adyghe

    Бланэ

  • Afrikaans

    Alces alces · Europese eland · Amerikaanse eland

  • Albanian

    Alces alces

  • Amharic

    ታላቅ ፈረንጅ አጋዘን

  • Aragonese

    Alces alces

  • Armenian

    Որմզդեղն

  • Asturian

    Alces alces · Alce euroasiáticu

  • Atikamekw

    mos

  • Azerbaijani

    Sığır · Sığın · Alces alces

  • Balinese

    Moose

  • Bashkir

    Мышы

  • Basque

    altze · Alces alces · Alces americanus

  • Belarusian

    Лось · Alces alces

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    лось · Alces alces

  • Bosnian

    Los

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Alce · Alces alces

  • Breton

    Elan · Alces alces

  • Bulgarian

    лос · Alces alces · Лосове

  • Buriat

    Хандагай · Alces alces

  • Burmese

    မုစ့်သမင်ကြီး · ချိုပြားဒရယ်ကြီး · မုစကောင်

  • Cantonese

    駝鹿

  • Catalan

    ant · Alces alces

  • Cebuano

    Alces alces

  • Chechen

    Боккха сай

  • Cheyenne

    Mâhpémo'éhe · Mahpemo'ehe

  • Chinese

    驼鹿 · 駝鹿屬 · 烏蘇里駝鹿 · 欧亚驼鹿

  • Chuvash

    Пăши

  • Cree

    Mos

  • Crimean Tatar

    Qandaqay

  • Croatian

    Los · Alces alces

  • Czech

    los evropský · Los · Alces alces

  • Danish

    elg · Alces alces · Eurasisk Elg · elgkrans

  • Egyptian Arabic

    موظ

  • Erzya

    Сярдо

  • Esperanto

    Alko

  • Estonian

    põder · Alces alces · Põdralehm · Põdrapull

  • Extremaduran

    Alces alces

  • Faroese

    Elgur · Alces alces

  • Filipino

    Alces alces · Moose

  • Finnish

    hirvi · Alces alces

  • Galician

    Alce · Ante

  • Georgian

    ლოსი · Alces alces · ცხენირემი

  • Hebrew

    אייל קורא · מוס קנדי · Alces alces · אייל הקורא

  • Hindi

    मूस · एल्क

  • Hungarian

    jávorszarvas · Alces alces

  • Icelandic

    Elgur · Alces alces

  • Ido

    Alko

  • Inari Sami

    sorvâ

  • Indonesian

    Rusa besar

  • Ingush

    ГIал

  • Interlingua

    Alces alces

  • Interlingue

    Alces alces

  • Inuktitut

    ᑐᒃᑐᕙᒃ · Moose

  • Inupiaq

    Tuttuvak · Alces alces

  • Irish

    mús

  • Japanese

    ヘラジカ · ヘラジカ属 · 箆鹿

  • Kabardian

    Бланэ · Alces alces

  • Kabyle

    Amezzirez

  • Kalaallisut

    Tuttorpak · Alces alces

  • Kazakh

    Бұлан · Alces alces

  • Komi

    Йӧра

  • Komi-Permyak

    Вӧрмӧс

  • Korean

    말코손바닥사슴 · 무스

  • Kotava

    Cpogol (Alces alces)

  • Lao

    ກວາງອູດ

  • Latgalian

    Brīds

  • Latin

    Alces · Alces alces

  • Latvian

    Alnis · Alces alces

  • Lithuanian

    Briedis · Alces alces

  • Low German

    Elk

  • Lule Sami

    sarvva · ællja

  • Macedonian

    лос · Alces alces

  • Malagasy

    Ôrinaly

  • Malay

    Moose

  • Māori

    pihiringa

  • Marathi

    मूस · मूझ

  • Mari

    Шордо · Alces alces

  • Mazanderani

    موس (اشکاری)

  • Moksha

    вирьбука · вирьтракс, сярда

  • Mongolian

    Хандгай

  • Navajo

    Deeteel · Deetéél

  • Northern Frisian

    Elch

  • Northern Sami

    sarva · ealga · sarvva

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    elg · Alces alces · europeisk elg · Elgen

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    elg · Alces alces

  • nrm

    Orîngna · Oringna

  • Occitan

    Alces Alces

  • Old English

    eolh

  • olo

    Hirvi

  • Ossetic

    Тъæпæнсы

  • Quechua

    Alsi · Alces alces · Alce

  • Romanian

    Elan

  • Samogitian

    Brėidis

  • Scots

    Alces alces

  • Serbian

    лос · Alces alces

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    лос · Alces alces

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Los

  • Simplified Chinese

    驼鹿

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    驼鹿

  • sju

    sarvva

  • Skolt Sami

    sõrvv

  • Slovak

    Los mokraďový · Alces alces · Los obyčajný

  • Slovenian

    los · Alces alces

  • Southern Sami

    sarve

  • Swahili

    Elki · Mbawala Mkubwa

  • Swedish

    europeisk älg · Alces alces · älg · skogens konung

  • Tamil

    மூஸ்

  • Tatar

    поши

  • Tatar (Cyrillic)

    поши

  • Thai

    กวางมูส

  • Tibetan

    ཤ་བ་ནོག་ལྡན།

  • Traditional Chinese

    駝鹿

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    駝鹿

  • Udmurt

    Койык · Alces alces

  • Ukrainian

    лось звичайний · Alces alces

  • Uyghur

    قانداغاي

  • Uzbek

    Los

  • Venetian

    Alces alces

  • Veps

    Hirb' · Hirb’

  • Vietnamese

    Nai sừng tấm châu Âu · Alces alces · Nai sừng tấm

  • Volapük

    Alces alces

  • Võro

    Põtr

  • Waray

    Alces alces

  • Western Mari

    Шарды · Alces alces

  • Western Panjabi

    موز

  • Wu Chinese

    驼鹿

  • Yakut

    Тайах · Ньаргы

  • Yiddish

    לאס

  • Zulu

    I-eliki · Alces alces

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q35517

Photos

Photo: BageBagTav43 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons