Question

Why do different types of meat get different colours when they

Answer 1

Its down to a chemical called myoglobin. Myoglobin is a bit like haemoglobin, the red coloured stuff that ferries iron around in the bloodstream, except myoglobin is locked up in muscle (and meat is muscle). Red meat contains a lot more myoglobin than white meat, as the muscles that tend to be red are the ones most active in an animal. The legs of a standing animal will be redder, and have more myoglobin, as the muscle has been tuned up for long term activity.

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