A single animal produces over 1,500 portions of cooked beef in line with recommended daily intake
A single animal produces over 1,500 portions of cooked beef
This would provide the recommended dietary red meat intake for seven adults for a year.
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Liveweight |
Average liveweight of a steer at slaughter | 450kg |
|
Hot Standard Carcase Weight |
55% of liveweight remains after removing the head, hide, hooves and offal |
247.5kg |
|
Saleable meat |
72% of hot standard carcase weight remains after the removal of most bones, apart from those sold at retail such as T-bone |
178.2kg |
|
Retailed products |
90% of saleable meat remains after trimming for retail sale |
160.4kg |
|
After household trim and waste, raw beef |
90% of the purchased product remains after final trimming and preparation |
144.3kg |
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After cooking |
Around 70% of raw weight remains after cooking due to evaporation and loss of pan juices |
101.0kg |
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Number of lean cooked 65g portions |
101kg divided by 65g |
1,554 |