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TABLE 6: Proximate composition of shellfish (g/100 g wet weight)


Species

Protein

Oil

Moisture

Ash

Soluble
Carbohydrate

Edible part:

Arrow squid

19.2

1.7

77.5

1.4

0.2

Bluff oyster

12.9

3.0

79.4

1.6

3.1

Broad squid

19.1

1.9

77.9

1.4

0.1

Cockle

8.2

0.9

87.8

2.5

0.6

Green mussel

11.9

2.1

80.9

1.7

3.4

Horse mussel

14.8

0.5

81.0

1.3

2.4

Kina

10.8

5.4

80.9

2.3

0.6

Pacific oyster

13.1

3.2

79.7

2.7

1.3

Paddle crab

15.5

0.9

80.9

1.8

0.9

Paua

20.8

1.0

75.7

1.6

0.9

Pipi

8.2

0.7

87.0

3.6

0.5

Rock lobster

21.9

0.8

75.0

1.7

0.7

Scallop

15.4

1.3

78.7

1.9

2.7

Tuatua

16.7

2.2

72.0

2.9

6.2

Warty squid

14.1

1.3

83.2

1.2

0.2

Other parts:

Arrow squid whole

18.5

3.1

76.4

1.8

0.2

Broad squid whole

17.6

2.2

78.6

1.5

0.1

Warty squid whole

14.5

3.4

80.3

1.4

0.2

Arrow squid offal

16.4

6.0

75.3

2.0

0.3

Broad squid offal

16.9

2.7

78.7

1.6

0.2

Warty squid offal

15.5

7.4

75.0

1.9

0.3

Paddle crab whole

17.0

1.7

69.2

11.5

0.6

Rock lobster viscera

41.7

29.7

25.7

1.8

1.1

Scallop offal

8.2

2.9

86.6

2.3

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Lobster krill whole

15.0

7.7

71.2

5.7

0.4


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