What is meat? A perspective from the American Meat Science Association

Dustin D. Boler, Dale R. Woerner

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Abstract

• Meat is the edible tissues from an animal consumed as food. • Meat analogs (plant, fungal, and bacterial) used to make imitation meat products are not considered meat. • In vitro meats that originate from animal cells may be considered meat in the future.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8-11
Number of pages4
JournalAnimal Frontiers
Volume7
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2017

Keywords

  • Meat
  • Red meat
  • Variety meat
  • White meat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Animals
  • Animal Science and Zoology

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