Type of meat
As a type of meat is referred to different forms of meat as food. Usually the term is used depending on the type of animal used . It is also used synonymously for type of meat , which is otherwise used for certain meat parts.
A rough classification is the distinction according to the color after heating. Different levels of myoglobin or myoglobin denatured to methemoglobin give rise to a gray-brown to grayish color, according to which the types of meat are classified:
Another classification depends on the species and the different forms of the animals in terms of age, sex and, in some cases, breed. Formerly common types of meat such as horse meat , goat meat and rabbit meat are now only slightly widespread and are no longer mentioned separately in many systematics.
- When beef is generally described as the meat of the domestic cow . A distinction is made according to age ( veal , young beef ) or according to sex into the meat of male animals ( bull meat , ox meat ) and female animals ( heifers , cow meat ).
- Pork is generally called the meat of the domestic pig . A distinction is made according to age in piglets, suckling pigs , runners. The meat of male animals is differentiated according to the time of castration in Borg meat for animals treated young, Altschneider for animals castrated before slaughter and boar meat from non-castrated animals.
- As sheep meat generally means the meat of domestic sheep . This means lamb , mutton and the meat of female animals.
- As poultry meat or poultry meat refers to the different species of birds. The definitions differ significantly, partly on meat production through breeding, partly on the determination or suitability for human consumption. Game fowl is therefore partly assigned to poultry and partly to game meat.
- As venison or wild game is called the meat of hunted animals, which were mostly hunted before, but partly also to the rearing and management ( gate Wild by) slaughter are killed. Subgroups are ground game , game birds or game birds , deer , wild boar and small game .
- In the German-speaking world of food products, exotic meat types are defined as meat types whose animal species are not native to Central Europe. This includes bison meat , reindeer meat , seal meat , camel meat , kangaroo meat , alligator meat , ostrich meat , zebra meat, and others.
Other types of meat such as cat meat and dog meat are banned in Central Europe and are not widely used privately. Varieties such as monkey meat , bear meat and whale meat are just as uncommon today because of bans for reasons of nature conservation or were never widespread in Central Europe. Reptile meat from reptile breeding is also permitted.
See also
literature
- Hermann Koch and Martin Fuchs: The manufacture of fine meat and sausage products. Deutscher Fachverlag, 2009 (23rd edition 2013), ISBN 978-3-86641-187-6 .
- Gerald Rimbach, Jennifer Möhring, Helmut F. Erbersdobler: Food product knowledge for beginners. Springer, 2010, p. 67, ISBN 978-3-64204-485-4 .