Nutritional facts of biltong???

minority
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07 Apr 2009 14:52 #11945 by minority

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Just curious can lean biltong be used as a protein source and/or maybe a good snack between meals??

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minority
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07 Apr 2009 15:19 #11947 by minority

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Found this:

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 50g
Amount per Serving
Calories 155 Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 750mg 31%
Total Carbohydrate 0.5g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Protein 30g 60%
Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 11.6% Carbs 1.3%
Protein 77.4%

www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/generic/biltong

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Mr_SA
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07 Apr 2009 15:23 #11948 by Mr_SA

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I would say yes, but maybe that fat amount is a bit high!
But then again, i often have biltong as a snack between meals (as on of my 6 meals a day)

Give it a shot, you're only TESTing it...

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admin
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07 Apr 2009 15:27 #11949 by admin

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Yeah, I eat biltong all the time. Koedoe biltong... no fat... Ostrich is great as well and low in fat.

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LSJ
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07 Apr 2009 15:34 #11950 by LSJ

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Eat game (kudu, impala, blesbok) biltong. Virtualy no fat whatsoever.
And in any case - I WILL eat biltong! Its just one of those things that make SA gr8

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jackrabbit1
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07 Apr 2009 19:05 #11966 by jackrabbit1

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Just watch the salt - makes me hold water a bit,

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myotest1
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07 Apr 2009 20:52 #11969 by myotest1

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Boys let me tell you that biltong is a really great bodybuilding food source especially when you on the run, you cant beat it.

Try the new chicken biltong variety less fat and the taste is great, you cannot go wrong its afar better choice than alot of other kuk out there.

Enjoy!

Myo:)

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acidkidsa
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08 Apr 2009 07:28 #11977 by acidkidsa

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I buy the billtong sticks.

Taste better and have less fat.

Billtong is one of things I wont cut out

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North_Boy1
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08 Apr 2009 08:51 #11982 by North_Boy1

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My son shot a Blesbok in Harrismith this weekend. We hung biltong and dry wors on Monday night......So I'm sorted for a few weeks.....of course sticking to my diet.

If everybody does it, is it still cheating?

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jo1
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08 Apr 2009 11:18 #11985 by jo1

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biltong is the one thing i cant go with out, lean while cutting, and when bulking, well those white meat on the side taste lekker, but not too much.

u do need a bid of saturated fat now and then as well, it helps with the bodys test production amongst other things as well.

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milktuds
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09 Apr 2010 22:47 #42252 by milktuds

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I've seen a lot of different results for biltong's nutritional value all ranging from 43g Protein/100g to 60g Protein/100g.

So what should I work on when doing diets? Sometimes I like to replace chicken with lean dry biltong for a few days.

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vega5
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10 Apr 2010 06:39 #42255 by vega5

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milktuds wrote:

I've seen a lot of different results for biltong's nutritional value all ranging from 43g Protein/100g to 60g Protein/100g.

So what should I work on when doing diets? Sometimes I like to replace chicken with lean dry biltong for a few days.

Just think about this logically. Remember that the actual protein is within the meat. If you take a 1kg piece of meat and it contains 300g of protein in total and then dry that piece, and in the biltong making process you loose about 30%-50% of the weight due to drying. So if your piece of finished biltong now weights 500g you still 300g protein.

That means your original piece of meat was 30g/100g and now is somewhere in the region of 60g/100g. It all depends on the moisture content.

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10 Apr 2010 06:39 #42256 by vega5

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milktuds wrote:

I've seen a lot of different results for biltong's nutritional value all ranging from 43g Protein/100g to 60g Protein/100g.

So what should I work on when doing diets? Sometimes I like to replace chicken with lean dry biltong for a few days.

Just think about this logically. Remember that the actual protein is within the meat. If you take a 1kg piece of meat and it contains 300g of protein in total and then dry that piece, and in the biltong making process you loose about 30%-50% of the weight due to drying. So if your piece of finished biltong now weights 500g you still have 300g protein.

That means your original piece of meat was 30g/100g and now is somewhere in the region of 60g/100g. It all depends on the moisture content.

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10 Apr 2010 06:59 #42258 by Gearedup

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What absolutly stunning news

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milktuds
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10 Apr 2010 12:35 #42264 by milktuds

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Eish... I know that. I was comparing similar products from different shops/brands. Anyways these packs of biltong were all about the same, very dry and no fat. I'll just work with the highest number then.

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vega5
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10 Apr 2010 13:05 #42265 by vega5

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Yeah I'm sure they are using different cuts of meat. Or they are just using sources to get information from.

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milktuds
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10 Apr 2010 13:35 #42266 by milktuds

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OK so dry biltong from the butcher = 60g/100g

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vega5
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10 Apr 2010 14:44 #42267 by vega5

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I just used a theoretical figure so I'm not 100% sure.

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11 Apr 2010 20:02 #42294 by Remano

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I'm craving biltong now since i'm reading this topic

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