18% meat protein in meat and don't understand.
Hello,
So, my mother in law often send food our way that she buys and don't like (...) and this week is "seasoned pork loin center steak" it's from a grocery shop near by with no brand name on it. It came already frozen with some spices in the middle of the steak.
Under the name you can read "18% meat protein"
On the ingredient list, 1st is pork, second is salt, and the the list of spices and a bunch of preservative with names only chemists of this world understand.
What I don't understand is, why did they wrote 18% meat protein?
Isn't meat protein already? or is meat protein some sort of fake meat?
This is probably a stupid question but, I never buy meat already prepared. I always go to the butcher and I see what I buy and if I say "Beef" I know I will get beef and season it myself so I know what's in it.
Also, would the preservative be bad for me if I have thyroid problems?
Thanks Chow people!
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hannaone
Jan 11, 2010 05:22 PM
The amount of protein contained in a cut of meat will vary somewhat depending on the cut, but meat is mostly water so the percentage of protein will be surprisingly low.
Example (from the USDA SR21 nutrient database):
Pork, fresh, enhanced, loin, tenderloin, separable lean and fat, raw
NDB No: 10951 Date: 1/11/2010 18:19
Measure: 100 gram
Gram weight (edible portion): 100.00 g
Refuse: 3%
Nutrient Units Value
Water g 76.10
Energy kcal 109
Energy kj 456
Protein g 20.16
Total lipid (fat) g 3.14
Ash g 1.54
Carbohydrate, by difference g 0.00
Fiber, total dietary g 0.0
Sugars, total g 0.00
Calcium, Ca mg 5
Iron, Fe mg 0.91
Magnesium, Mg mg 23
Phosphorus, P mg 286
Potassium, K mg 519
Sodium, Na mg 239
Zinc, Zn mg 1.72
Copper, Cu mg 0.102
Manganese, Mn mg 0.010
Selenium, Se mcg 34.7
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg 0.0
Thiamin mg 0.745
Riboflavin mg 0.333
Niacin mg 6.382
Pantothenic acid mg 0.819
Vitamin B-6 mg 0.746
Folate, total mcg 0
Folic acid mcg 0
Folate, food mcg 0
Folate, DFE mcg_DFE 0
Vitamin B-12 mcg 0.52
Vitamin A, IU IU 0
Vitamin A, RAE mcg_RAE 0
Retinol mcg 0
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) mg 0.21
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) mcg 0.0
Choline, total mg 77.7
Betaine mg 2.9
Fatty acids, total saturated g 1.045
4:0 g 0.000
6:0 g 0.000
8:0 g 0.000
10:0 g 0.001
12:0 g 0.001
14:0 g 0.034
15:0 g 0.001
16:0 g 0.642
17:0 g 0.007
18:0 g 0.358
22:0 g 0.000
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated g 1.198
14:1 g 0.000
15:1 g 0.000
16:1 undifferentiated g 0.067
17:1 g 0.000
18:1 undifferentiated g 1.112
18:1 c g 1.092
18:1 t g 0.020
20:1 g 0.018
22:1 undifferentiated g 0.000
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated g 0.503
18:2 undifferentiated g 0.424
18:2 n-6 c,c g 0.413
Nutrient Units Value
18:2 t,t g 0.011
18:3 undifferentiated g 0.014
18:3 n-3 c,c,c g 0.014
18:3 n-6 c,c,c g 0.000
18:4 g 0.000
20:2 n-6 c,c g 0.012
20:3 undifferentiated g 0.001
20:4 undifferentiated g 0.052
20:5 n-3 g 0.000
22:5 n-3 g 0.000
22:6 n-3 g 0.000
Fatty acids, total trans g 0.032
Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic g 0.020
Cholesterol mg 49
Tryptophan g 0.212
Threonine g 0.905
Isoleucine g 0.992
Leucine g 1.717
Lysine g 1.869
Methionine g 0.555
Cystine g 0.233
Phenylalanine g 0.847
Tyrosine g 0.767
Valine g 1.053
Arginine g 1.341
Histidine g 0.871
Alanine g 1.183
Aspartic acid g 1.972
Glutamic acid g 3.218
Glycine g 0.908
Proline g 0.815
Serine g 0.871
Hydroxyproline g 0.052
Alcohol, ethyl g 0.0
Caffeine mg 0
Theobromine mg 0
Carotene, beta mcg 0
Carotene, alpha mcg 0
Cryptoxanthin, beta mcg 0
Lycopene mcg 0
Lutein + zeaxanthin mcg 0
Vitamin E, added mg 0.00›3 Replies
