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Skate

Finfish and Shellfish Products

Skate refers to several species of cartilaginous fish in the family Rajidae, flat, diamond-shaped bottom-dwellers related to rays, of which only the wing, the flattened pectoral fin, is typically eaten. Skate wing has a distinctive fibrous, striated texture and a mild, slightly sweet flavor, and it is traditionally prepared pan-fried or poached, classically served in French cuisine as raie au beurre noir, skate with brown butter and capers. Because skate flesh naturally develops a faint ammonia smell from urea in the tissue as it ages, it is typically eaten very fresh or briefly soaked before cooking to keep the flavor clean.

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Allergen
Fish 1
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Carries Allergen

Fish, Ingredients

Entity-backed identity for the allergen value this ingredient already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a ingredient entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.

Sources
1. Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 Annex II, Substances or Products Causing Allergies or Intolerances
Annex II identity match by ingredient composition
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