Found a new way to calculate bone. . .

[DeeDee]

I found out about this site a while back when I was trying to figure out which veggies were best for Vlad (lower potassium).

However, I've found info that tells how to use the site for figuring out percentages of bone in meats. Of course, I can't get it to work, so if someone figures out how, tell me please. . .:




To find info on other cuts of meat
1. Go to –> http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list
2. Type in your meat  EX: chicken thigh raw –>
3. See the list, make selection, click- EX: first choice is “Chicken broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw” Click on it –>
4. The new page that pulls up has all the info we’ve got on “Raw Chicken thighs w/meat & Skin”
5. ** Click on line “Full Report (All Nutrients)”, this gives you access to the amount of bone in the meat you’re looking at. In this example we see “Refuse: 15% Refuse Description: Bone and cartilage 15%” ** Average chicken thighs have about 15% bone.
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[DeeDee]

Here's info from the page I found it at:


Bone percentages found using http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list

CHICKEN
back- 44%
leg quarter- 27%
thigh- 15%
breast- 20%

whole-32%

DUCK
whole- 31%

PORK
brisket bone- 32%

TURKEY
neck- 60%
wing- 33%

[Middle Child]

Thanks Dee! I would like to know wing and neck but it doesn't come up.

[DeeDee]

I can't get the darned thing to come up either. Since it's a government site, maybe they found the info BEFORE the FDA started freaking over raw feeders, and once they (gov) found out raw feeders were using it for purposes like this, they dropped the info.

What I copied is all I've got, and they put it there for raw-fed dogs and the products they have available at that co-op.

[DeeDee]

This was posted in the dog section too. . .

Okay. We're just going to call this a major coincidence and leave it there.

Dogs Naturally just posted new bone amount info in an article of theirs:

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/bone-food-values-for-raw-feeding-dogs/

Scroll down and you'll find this where everything has a drop-down of more meats than I had info for:

Bone Content In Raw Foods

When sourcing bones for your dog’s diet, it’s a good idea to know the approximate amount of bone in commonly sourced foods. Here is a quick guide to help you keep your dog’s bone content in the right range … between 10 and 25%.

The information is primarily from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Nutrient Database.