Healthy Food Database

I would urge everyone to at least eat free-range chicken only. The taste and texture is superior and the because the birds were allowed to move around freely the meat contains less fat. Free range chickens live as nature intended, with fresh air and sunshine.

Many people often buy only chicken breast when looking to cook poultry, believing that it is significantly lower in energy and fat. The difference in kilojoules however between cuts is relatively minor. Of all the various chicken cuts chicken breast without the skin is lowest in kilojoules, followed closely by skinless chicken wings, skinless drumstick and skinless thigh. Of note is that whole skinless chicken is only 27 kilojoules higher than skinless chicken breast, wings are 32 kilojoules higher, drumsticks 54 kilojoules higher and thigh is 58 kilojoules higher than the equivalent weight of chicken breast. In a varied diet, these kilojoule differences are minor.

Note about amines: Meat has low levels of amines, but these rise to moderate if the product is stored in the fridge for more than two days or frozen. Any smoked, cured or processed meat has very high amine levels. If the chicken skin is eaten, the amine levels increase to moderate also.

Category: Poultry

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