Longhorn Beef

 

 


“Lean beef is good for you – and the key word is lean. A heart patient can eat steak every meal if it is in the right proportions. Longhorn meat, on average, contains 10 percent less saturated fat than that of other cattle. That puts lean Longhorn beef on par with skinned boneless white meat of chicken and that fact may come as a surprise to many dieticians.”  -Dr. Joseph Graham, Cardiovascular Surgeon at St. John’s Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, and a Longhorn breeder himself.

How Types of Meat Compare Nutritionally

(Information based on 3.5 oz serving)


Meat Calories Cholesterol (gms) Fat (gms) Protein (gms)
Longhorn 140 61.5 3.7 25.5
Ground Beef 289 90 20.7 24.1
Top Round 180 84.6 4.9 31.7
Pot Roast 210 101 7.6 33
Pork Chops 202 82.7 8.1 30.2
Pork Loin 190 79.6 9.8 28.6
Lamb Chop 216 95.8 9.7 30
Lamb Leg 191 89.7 7.7 28.3
Chicken, Dark 205 93.8 9.7 27.4
Chicken, White 173 85.7 4.5 30.9
Turkey 170 79.6 5.0 29.3
Venison 207 4 6.4 33.5


Source: Longhorn data “Nutrient Density of Beef From Registered Texas Longhorn Cattle; Texas A & M; 1987. Other data: USDA, USA Today 11/29/91. Pope Lab, Inc. Dallas, TX.

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