Meat
Fillet
Fillet of Wildebeest is a boneless tender strip for quick high heat. Mild and lean—season carefully. Cook wildebeest fillet to temperature when thickness varies, rest before carving, and add fat or sauce if lean. Grilling, biltong, and stews 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 11.2 g
- Saturated Fat 4.9 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5.06 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.97 g
- Cholesterol 67.6 mg
- Sodium 57.8 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 23.1 g
- Water 60.1 g
- Energy 201 kcal
- Water 60.1 g
- Protein 23.1 g
- Fat 11.2 g
- Saturated Fat 4.9 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5.06 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.97 g
- Omega-3 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 38.2 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.21 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 5.82 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.63 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.42 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.6 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 8.2 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.3 mg
- Vitamin K 1.5 µg
- Minerals 405 mg
- Major Minerals 404 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 67.6 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.09 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.21 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 5.82 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.63 · vitamin-b6: 0.42 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.6 · vitamin-b9-folate: 8.2 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.3 · vitamin-k: 1.5 ·
Minerals
Fillet is primarily muscle—leaner than belly or skin-on cuts of the same species.
History
Butchers charted fillet of wildebeest as cookery specialised by muscle and joint.
Retail packing standardised fillet portions of wildebeest for home kitchens.
Ready-to-cook fillet packs of wildebeest expanded for convenience cooking.