What Is Horse Meat Called
Horse meat, or chevaline, as its supporters have rebranded it, looks like beef, but darker, with coarser grain and yellow fat. It seems healthy enough, boasting almost as much omega-3 fatty acids as farmed salmon and twice as much iron as steak.
What is horse meat called in Europe?
In continental Europe, it is often made into sausages or cooked as a steak. (There are some concerns about the presence of a anti-inflammatory drug called phenylbutazone or "bute" in horse meat, though the risk from consumption is said to be very low.)
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What kind of meat is horse meat?
Horse meat is lean, typically, and relatively tender. Older horses are considered to have the most tender meat — different than say veal from a cow. Horse meat is a bit sweet in taste. Some think it is a blend between beef (a cow) and venison (deer).
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U.S. horse meat is unfit for human consumption because of the uncontrolled administration of hundreds of dangerous drugs and other substances to horses before slaughter. ... These drugs are often labeled “Not for use in animals used for food/that will be eaten by humans.”
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