Composition of Meat Flashcards
all parts of an animal that are intended for, or have been judhed as safe and suitable for, human consumption
meat
Examples of Red meat:
Beef
Pork
Lamb
Goat
Raised for Meat or Eggs
Domesticated Fowl
Examples of Poultry:
Chickens
Turkeys
Ducks
Geese
Limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins; lives wholly in water
Fish/Seafood
Examples of Exotic meats:
Bison Wild Boar Deer, Elk, antelope, reindeer Water buffalo Ostrich & Emu Rabbits
General Types of Meat:
- Carcass
- Variety
- Reclaimed
- Processed
is the eviscerated body of a domestic mammal used for food, major components include muscle, fat, bone, connective tissue
Carcass Meat
edible organs and glands
Ex: kidney, heart, liver, tongue, brain, tripe, sweetbread, melts
Variety meats
Reclaimed Meats:
- Mechanically processed product
- Partially defatted, fatty tissue (collagen)
- Plasma protein isolate (blood)
combination of carcass, variety, and reclaimed meat to add value to the product
processed meat
Chemical composition of Meat
- Water (65-80%)
- Protein (16-22%)
- Fat (2-15%)
- Minerals, Vitamins, Carbohydrates
Composition of Fat:
- Fats are neutral lipids
- Two types
- Pork-higher in unsaturated fat
- Beef, Lamb-higher in saturated fat
Two types of fat
saturated
unsaturated
Generally 12-22% of live animal weight, protects organs, levers for locomotion, provide support and rididity
Bone
Part of the skeleton, connects muscles to bones, harnesses and collects activity of muscle fibers
Connective tissue
Types of connective tissue:
- Tendon
- Periosteum
- Facia
- Ligament