Ostrich meat is probably one of the best sources of meat protein as it tastes a lot like beef, but contains far fewer calories per serving, and is a healthier alternative to the traditional beef. It is similar to venison and buffalo or bison meat in this regard.

As ostriches are birds, albeit ungainly and flightless, its meat is classed as red poultry, which is strange, but unlike poultry it doesn’t attract the bacteria E. coli and salmonella which are responsible for so many cases of food-poisoning. In fact only turkey has fewer calories per serving than ostrich meat. It doesn’t add any cholesterol to the body either, and has very little fat. If you buy ground ostrich meat, you will see pieces of ‘silver’ in it which is there to make it look more like the usual ground meats, but this is not fat, but actually muscle fibres.
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