Organ Meats

Iron Red meat, organ meats, wheat germ,... 

Schmid and Richter (2000) showed that the premium prices for organic food were highest for fruit and vegetables (60% to 70%) and lowest for cheese (20%) and cereal products (31%). The premium prices for organic meat were 52% above conventional and for milk were 42%. The reason given by sales staff for the big price differential for fruit and vegetables was that these products cannot be stored for very long. The authors state that to promote sustained consumer... 

Benoit, M. (2002) Organic Meat Sheep farming in France Which farms and what results Importance of food self-sufficiency. Proceedings of the 14th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Victoria BC, Canada, p. 89. 

Lowman, B.G. (1989) Organic beef production. Organic Meat Production in the 90s. Chalcombe Publications, Maidenhead. 

New figures from GfK, a Danish market research agency, show that total market share for organic meat, fruit and vegetables, in the first 6 months of 2003 was 5.6%. Doorstep schemes are attracting interest. Some examples of the activities organised ... 

The farm shop proprietor may need to explain to customers why organic products are different or superior. For example, many consumers will not be aware that organic meat is likely to be slightly darker and more dense than conventional meat. The fact that it has no water or colouring added will affect its appearance. Beef and lamb raised entirely on grass are not as heavily marbled as grain-fed beef and lamb. Seasonal variations in the availability of fresh products should be presented as a virtue and proof of freshness. Similarly, variations in size and shape may be seen in a positive light. 

The first slaughterhouse in Denmark for organic meat was set up in 1994, for an organic pig farm nearby. It now produces organic cold meats and sausages. It advertises its products by informing the consumers that their products are made without additives, that all the meat is hand-cut, and that no mechanically recovered meat, blood plasma and extra meat proteins are ever used. 

Judging from the feedback of some butchers, a possible market for unpopular cuts of organic meat could be a premium pet food manufacturer ... 

Hunt (1989) states that for Safeway or any other major multiple to launch and expand the sale of organic meat it requires guaranteed volume, guaranteed quality and acceptable price levels. 

The supermarket needs to offer organic meat at the same level every day of the year. Hunt (1989) mentioned that, as a supermarket buyer, he had been approached by several suppliers offering one tomorrow, one in two months time and two for Christmas . Safeway required ten cattle per week. To fit into Safeway s distribution system, these cattle would need to be processed through one abattoir, which should be Safeway and Soil Association approved. He believed it to be unlikely that one farmer could supply this number every week of the year. However, the example of Chisel Farm (see Chapter 10) has demonstrated otherwise. Hunt suggested that producer groups be set up in conjunction with a central slaughter point. This, however, would create the additional problem that the producers and the abattoir would have to be located so as to ensure that the transport of livestock... 

Additional costs because retail packs of organic meat would be produced away from the supermarket, using environmentally friendly packaging. 

Supermarket chiefs (Love, 1989 Hunt, 1989) sound enthusiastic about increasing the volume of organic produce stocked and sold by the supermarkets, particularly as they feel that organic meat enhances... 

Logically and logistically, the obvious way for a relatively small number of geographically scattered organic meat producers to sell meat to supermarkets on a regular long-term basis is to band together. 

Expansion in the number of outlets selling organic meat. 

Well, you are not completely out of luck DHA can also be found in eggs and organ meats such as liver. 

Weller R F and Bowling P J (2002), The yield and quality of plant species grown in mixed organic swards , in Kyriazakis I and Zervas G, Organic Meat and Milk from Ruminants, Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands 177-180. 

Patients may be advised to reduce their intake of foods high in purines (e.g., organ meats), avoid alcohol, increase fluid intake, and lose weight if obese. 

Riboflavin is also known as vitamin B2. It contains a complex isoalloxazine ring that humans are unable to synthesize. The complex ring is hooked onto a live-carbon sugar derivative, ribitol, closely related to the ribose that occurs in RNA. The RDA for adult males is 1.3 mg/day and for adult females 1.1 mg/day. Values decrease with increasing age but increase in pregnancy and lactation. Organ meats, milk, bread products, and fortified cereals are substantial sources of riboflavin. 

The RDA for pantothenic acid in adult men and women is 5 mg/day. Pregnant and lactating women need, respectively, 6 and 7 mg/day. As usual, children need less. Organ meats, milk, bread products, and fortified cereals are excellent sources of this vitamin. There are no reports of pantothenic acid toxicity and there is no established... 

Eolates are present in nearly all natural foods. Those with the highest folate content include yeast, liver and other organ meats, fresh green vegetables and some fresh fruits. The term folic acid arose from its first identification in leafy vegetables (e.g. spinach). 

Copper Liver and organ meats grains, legumes, nuts, seeds (esp. cocoa powder) Component of many enzymes, especially oxidases Amine oxidases Lysyl oxidases Cytochrome oxidase... 

Selenium Organ meats, seafood, muscle meats, cereals and grains Component of glutathione peroxidase lodothyronine deiodinase, thioredoxin reductase... 

Diet. Purine (cell nuclei)-rich foods should be avoided, e.g., organ meats. Milk, dairy products, and eggs are low in purines and are recommended. Coffee and tea are permitted since the meth-ylxanthine caffeine does not enter purine metabolism. 

No datahavebeen reported on pantothenic acid or panthenol toxicity in humans [417]. Pantothenic acid is widely distributed among foods, especially in yeast and organ meat. It is usually present in the bound form (CoA), thereby it requires an enzymatic treatment for the analysis of the total contents. 

Bi Thiamine Green peas, spinach, aleurone layer of unpolished rice, organ meats, beef, pork Depending on total caloric intake <1 yr 0.2 mg 1-13 yr 0.3-0.8 mg >13 yr 1.1 mg pregnancy 1.4 mg lactating women 1.7 mg... 

By Biotin Soybeans and other legumes, egg yolks, nuts, and organ meats it is also produced naturally in the body by intestinal bacteria <1 yr 5-6 pg 1-19 yr from 8 to 25 pg >19 yr 30 pg pregnancy 30 pg lactating women 35 pg... 

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