What determines whether an animal produces white meat or red meat?

Springtime_for_Spacers · January 17, 2010, 2:12am

What about mutton and lamb? I’d say red.

pulykamell · January 17, 2010, 2:28am

Yes, lamb and mutton are definitely red meat.

Nametag · January 18, 2010, 3:38pm

All meat from livestock is considered “red meat” by USDA. Pork, veal, and “dark meat” from poultry all contain roughly the same amount of myoglobin; this is about half what is found in beef, and several times what is found in poultry “white meat.”

JillGat · January 19, 2010, 5:46am

From Cecil about 12 years ago
And my related staff reportfrom about 10 years ago

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What determines whether an animal produces white meat or red meat?

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