Sea bass

Dicentrarchus labrax · Seafood

Sea bass, or branzino, is the firm, delicate white fish of the Mediterranean coast, usually farmed today and sold whole or as fillets. It provides protein and the omega-3 fats EPA and DHA, which contribute to the normal function of the heart. Roast or grill it whole with lemon and herbs, bake it in a salt crust, or pan-sear the fillets skin-side down; it needs little more than olive oil. Like most medium-sized sea fish it carries some mercury, so alternate it with smaller species through the week.

Polyols

SorbitolNot a source — upper-bound estimate

Source: Upper-bound estimate (Ciqual 2025)

What this means

This is sea bass's own sorbitol content, not a recipe amount. Sorbitol is a polyol — a type of sugar alcohol — calculated from two official food-composition databases, Germany's Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS 4.0) and the French Ciqual table. Recipes are evaluated separately against a 0.20 g threshold (a per-serving cutoff from Varney et al. 2017, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, applied to one reference serving of the recipe) — an ingredient's own figure isn't directly comparable to that number, since a recipe combines several ingredients in different amounts. This describes the food, not a guarantee about how your body will respond to it.

Sugars

Per 100 g

Total fructoseAt most 0.2 g

Excess fructoseNot a source — upper-bound estimate

Source: Upper-bound estimate (Ciqual 2025)

What this means

These are sea bass's own fructose figures, not a recipe amount. Total fructose is how much fructose the food contains. Excess fructose is fructose minus glucose, counted only when positive, since glucose helps the body absorb fructose — it is the figure behind the "Low fructose" filter and the recipe figures. When measured, both come from two official food-composition databases, Germany's Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS 4.0) and the French Ciqual table. Recipes are evaluated separately against a 0.40 g threshold of excess fructose (a per-serving cutoff from Varney et al. 2017, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, applied to one reference serving of the recipe) — an ingredient's own figure isn't directly comparable to that number, since a recipe combines several ingredients in different amounts. This describes the food, not a guarantee about how your body will respond to it.

Sources

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