Meat
Carcass
Carcass of Yak is the dressed body or post-butchery frame. Joint for roasting or simmer bones for stock. Cook yak carcass to temperature when thickness varies, rest before carving, and add fat or sauce if lean. Grilling, stewing, and dried meat 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 16 g
- Saturated Fat 6.4 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 6.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 3.21 g
- Cholesterol 67.8 mg
- Sodium 60.7 mg
- Salt 0.14 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 30 g
- Water 48 g
- Energy 264 kcal
- Water 48 g
- Protein 30 g
- Fat 16 g
- Saturated Fat 6.4 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 6.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 3.21 g
- Omega-3 0.39 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 37.2 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.2 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 5.56 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.4 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.5 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 7.8 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.29 mg
- Vitamin K 1.4 µg
- Minerals 544 mg
- Major Minerals 543 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.14 g
- Cholesterol 67.8 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.08 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.2 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 5.56 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.6 · vitamin-b6: 0.4 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.5 · vitamin-b9-folate: 7.8 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.29 · vitamin-k: 1.4 ·
Minerals
Bone itself is mineral matrix; culinary values reflect marrow and attached tissue more than pure bone.
History
Butchers charted carcass of yak as cookery specialised by muscle and joint.
Retail packing standardised carcass portions of yak for home kitchens.
Ready-to-cook carcass packs of yak expanded for convenience cooking.