Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorini, ScomberomorusAlso called Scomberomorini and scomberomorus

Spanish mackerel is a fish. Cooks treat it as fish.

Fish
Gluten-free
Allergen: fish

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

Category: Fish & seafood
Family: Scombridae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 6 in the catalogue
Energy: 139 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Tristan Wang570 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Nutrition

What 100 g of spanish mackerel holds

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

Protein 75%Fat 25%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of spanish mackerel, raw
Energy	139 kcal · 582 kJ
Protein	19 g
Fat	6.3 g
of which saturated	1.8 g
Carbohydrate	0 g
of which sugars	0 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	59 mg
Cholesterol	76 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of spanish mackerel, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	446 mg
Calcium	11 mg
Iron	0.44 mg
Magnesium	33 mg
Zinc	0.49 mg
Vitamin C	1.6 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	39 µg
Folate	1 µg
Vitamin B12	2.4 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 173673), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where spanish mackerel is cooked

6 dishes in the catalogue use spanish mackerel. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia6

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 6

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

On the table

Dishes made with spanish mackerel

5 of the 6 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Otak-otak
Indonesia
Sambal lingkung
Indonesia
Masam keueueng
Indonesia
Sour Fish Soup
Indonesia
Pempek Kapal Selam
Indonesia

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: spanish 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

Family

Related forms

A kind of: fish

Around the world

What spanish mackerel is called

Names in 27 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Scomberomorini
French
Scomberomorini
Italian
Scomberomorini
Portuguese
Scomberomorini
German
Scomberomorini
Dutch
Spanish mackerel
Turkish
Scomberomorini
Russian
Scomberomorini
Polish
Scomberomorini
Persian
ماهی خال‌خالی اسپانیایی
Tamil
வஞ்சிரம்
Korean
삼치족

Show all 27 languages

Albanian
Scomberomorini
Asturian
Scomberomorini
Bulgarian
Scomberomorini
Cebuano
Scomberomorini
Finnish
Scomberomorini
Indonesian
Ikan tenggiri
Interlingua
Scomberomorini
Irish
Scomberomorini
Latin
Scomberomorini
Malay
tenggiri · Scomberomorini · luding · tandau
Romanian
Scomberomorini
Sinhala
තෝර
Ukrainian
Scomberomorini
Vietnamese
Cá thu Tây Ban Nha
Waray
Scomberomorini

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q3475984

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