Poultry
Bone
Ostrich bones and frames build stock—collagen, residual meat and savoury juices. Lean red ratite meat is mild and beef-like with very little protective fat. Roast first for brown stock or simmer gently for a lighter pot; strain and cool. Essential base for sauces in South African and global specialty grill cookery.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 16.1 g
- Saturated Fat 6.44 g
- Trans Fat 0.1 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 6.44 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 3.23 g
- Cholesterol 85.4 mg
- Sodium 69.2 mg
- Salt 0.16 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 30.1 g
- Water 48.1 g
- Energy 265 kcal
- Water 48.1 g
- Protein 30.1 g
- Fat 16.1 g
- Saturated Fat 6.44 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 6.44 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 3.23 g
- Omega-3 0.39 g
- Trans Fat 0.1 g
- Vitamins 35.6 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.14 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 7.38 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.91 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.45 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.8 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 5.3 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.26 mg
- Vitamin K 0.9 µg
- Minerals 652 mg
- Major Minerals 650 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.16 g
- Cholesterol 85.4 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.08 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.14 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 7.38 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.91 · vitamin-b6: 0.45 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.8 · vitamin-b9-folate: 5.3 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.26 · vitamin-k: 0.9 ·
Minerals
Bone itself is mineral matrix; culinary values reflect marrow and attached tissue more than pure bone.
History
As ostrich cookery specialised, bone was portioned and sold ready for the pan. Health-focused marketing framed ostrich as ultra-lean red steak.
Cape farming dual-purposed ostrich for feathers and later meat; bone of ostrich took a named place in that kitchen trade.
Fan fillet and oyster cuts standardised retail ostrich butchery. Cooks treated bone of ostrich as a cut with its own timing and sides.