Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:51:02 +1000 From: Phosphor <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: lean meat > Isn't the majority of the beef grassfed in these two countries > [ie Australia and NZ]? would be a mixture of normal grazing and grain-based supplementation, depends i imagine on drought conditions etc andrew I cannot speak for New Zealand meat products, but approx 20% of Australian beef and virtually no lamb is grain finished ie 70-100 days grain fed post pasture before slaughter, most of this is exported to Japan and USA and that which is sold in Australia is generally prominently labelled as such - as a selling point. The vast majority of Australian beef and all lamb is fully pasture fed. This makes Australia's domestic meat supply probably the leanest and richest in omega-3 polyunsaturate fats available in the Western farming world. US feedlot animals by comparison are very fatty and very poor in omega-3 fats. Thus our meat is closest in composition to wild game and kangaroo meat is very lean and relatively rich in omega-3 as you would expect - very healthy stuff to eat but many people cannot come to terms with eating Skippy. Australian lean cuts of beef and lamb are very similar to kangaroo meat in composition. Keith