Meat
Jowl
Jowl of Wild Boar is cheek fat and meat for slow cook, cure, or mince. Collagenous and rich. Cook wild boar jowl to temperature when thickness varies, rest before carving, and add fat or sauce if lean. Stews, roasts, sausage, and ragù show the cut’s strengths. Match heat to collagen—fast sear for tender muscle, long moist heat for hard-working joints.
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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 11.9 g
- Saturated Fat 5.25 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.86 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1.01 g
- Cholesterol 71.3 mg
- Sodium 58.7 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 22.7 g
- Water 63.4 g
- Energy 207 kcal
- Water 63.4 g
- Protein 22.7 g
- Fat 11.9 g
- Saturated Fat 5.25 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.86 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1.01 g
- Omega-3 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 35.2 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.18 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 4.85 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.52 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.34 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 6.7 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.25 mg
- Vitamin K 1.8 µg
- Minerals 410 mg
- Major Minerals 409 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 71.3 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.07 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.18 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 4.85 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.52 · vitamin-b6: 0.34 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 6.7 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.25 · vitamin-k: 1.8 ·
Minerals
Jowl of Wild Boar: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Butchers charted jowl of wild boar as cookery specialised by muscle and joint.
Retail packing standardised jowl portions of wild boar for home kitchens.
Ready-to-cook jowl packs of wild boar expanded for convenience cooking.