Turkey Meat

Turkey Meat. In recent years, Brazilian poultry farming has shown great growth in production and turkeys have kept up with this performance. Like broiler chicken, much of the production of turkey meat is exported. However, broiler chicken consumption in the domestic market is quite consolidated, which is no longer the case with consumption of turkey derivatives, which is quite low, despite growth in the last five years. On average, Brazil produces 390 thousand tons of turkey meat per year. Forty percent of production is destined for the foreign market and yields US $ 270 million.

In Brazil, turkey breeding has become highly specialized, forcing producers and industry to seek new technologies. This fact is basically due to two reasons: the increase in domestic consumption and exports of meat and turkey products. Thus, turkey products, despite still maintaining their traditional seasonal demand, are already permanently on the shelves of supermarkets and specialized stores, reaching a good range of consumers.

According to the ABPA report, more than 91% of turkey meat exported in 2019 was cut. Another 8.26% are industrialized products, while only 0.5% went to whole birds. The main consumers today are African countries: South Africa, Angola and Benin. Then comes the countries of America, such as Chile and Peru.

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Peru is low-calorie meat. It is in the appetizer, in the sausage, in the sausage and gives flavor to many sandwiches, as they are thinner and free from saturated fat, they reduce the consumption of lipids and increase the intake of protein of high biological value. In a comparison with chicken meat, the amount of protein in chicken and turkey meat is quite similar, since both are about 20 grams per 100. However, the story is no longer the same regarding the levels of fat and this is the main difference between the two. Although both are lean meats, when compared, chicken has twice the amount of turkey lipids. This means that although the protein levels are balanced, the fat content defines who gains the healthiest meat title: turkey.