Meat

5.2 Domesticated and non-domesticated animals Non-domesticated animals like rabbit and kangaroo are very lean meats. These animals have a much higher concentration of polyunsaturated fats compared with domesticated animals. Domesticated animals that are free to graze the land are ~ leaner and have less saturated fat than grain fed animals and ~ accumulate fat as a selvedge that can be easily trimmed off the meat. The meat from grain fed cattle ~ tends to be marbled (i.e. the fat is distributed throughout the muscle). Activity

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Activity

Look at the diagram below.

Meat A

Meat B

Question
Which piece of meat is likely to have been grain fed? And why do you think so?

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