Description
Its large adductor muscle is sweet raw or seared. Dried, it is exported as a luxury ingredient for Chinese cooking.
帆立
ほたて
hotate
Japanese scallop
- Winter
- Spring
Did you know?
Its name means 'raised sail', from the belief that it sailed the sea with one shell held up as a sail.
Famous produce
- Sea of Okhotsk (Hokkaido)
- Mutsu Bay (Aomori)
In the kitchen
- sashimi
- batā-yaki
- kayaki miso
- hoshi kaibashira
Season
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter
Nutritional composition
per 100 g edible portion
82 kcal
- Protein 80%
- Fat 3%
- Carbohydrate 17%
| Energy | 82 kcal |
|---|---|
| Water | 78.4 g |
| Protein | 16.9 g |
| Fat | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 3.5 g |
| Dietary fibre | 0 g |
| Salt equivalent | 0.3 g |
| Sodium | 120 mg |
|---|---|
| Potassium | 380 mg |
| Calcium | 7 mg |
| Magnesium | 41 mg |
| Iron | 0.2 mg |
| Zinc | 1.5 mg |
| Iodine | 2 µg |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 1 µg |
|---|---|
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) | 0.8 mg |
| Vitamin K | 0 µg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.01 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0.06 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 1.7 µg |
| Folate | 61 µg |
| Vitamin C | 2 mg |
Source: Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, 8th ed., 2023 supplement (MEXT) · food no. 10313 · Tr = trace · — = no data
