shellfish-free

No mollusks allowed

Shellfish-free describes food, recipes, or environments that contain no shellfish—crustaceans like shrimp, crab, and lobster, or mollusks like clams, mussels, and oysters.

The term matters for people with shellfish allergies, which can be severe: The restaurant has a shellfish-free menu.

Is this dish shellfish-free?

dietary

allergy-friendly

Unlikely to cause reactions

epi-pen

culinary

tofu

Coagulated soy milk block

kelp · nori

labeling

certified

Officially declared valid

facility · transparency · verification

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shellfish content

shellfish-freepescatarian

Diet allowing fish, not meat

Family

shell, fish, free, shells, shelled, shelling, shellfish, fishes, fished

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