products

Question 1

9 billion chickens

Answer 1

42.2 billion pounds

Question 2

241.7 mil turkeys

Answer 2

5.9 bil lbs

Question 3

121 mil hogs

Answer 3

25.6 bil lbs

Question 4

32.2 mil cattle

Answer 4

26.3 bil lbs

Question 5

2.2 mil sheep

Answer 5

150 mil lbs

Question 6

5.4 million employees in the meat na poultry industry

Answer 6

257 bil combined saleries ($1.02 trillion annually
to the U.S. economy or 5.6% of GDP.)

Question 7

top ten meat/pultrie companies

Answer 7

1. tyson 2. JBS usa 3. cargill 4. Sysco 5. Smithfield 6. hormonal 7. national beef 8. Perdue farms 9. OSI 10. Conagra

Question 8

meat consumption

Answer 8

Americans consume 221.5 lbs red meat and poultry per person (chicken, beef, pork, poultry)

Question 9

meat

Answer 9

skeletal muscle from animals that is fit for human consumption

Question 10

palatability

Answer 10

tenderness, juiciness, flavor

Question 11

tenderness is related to

Answer 11

retail cut (intramuscular fat (marbling), connective tissue, protein interactions)

Question 12

how can meat get more tender

Answer 12

grinding, aging, needle tenderizing, high energy diet for last 70 days of feeding, marination)

Question 13

meat juiciness

Answer 13

composed of water, intramuscular fat, and water-fat-soluble compounds. juiciness related to saliva

Question 14

factors affecting juiciness

Answer 14

pH of meat, cooking degree of doneness

Question 15

meet flavor and aroma…

Answer 15

stimulates the flow of saliva and gastric juices (combined with taste and smell stimuli)