TLE (poultry)

• refers to a group of domesticated fowls used as food. Includes chicken,turkey, ducks, pigeon, and quails

  Poultry
• is the most consumed of all poultry, it is the most domesticated and easiest to raise, like meat, it is an excellent source of protein

  Chicken
• percentage of protein in chicken

  22.6%
• percentage of water in chicken

  76.3%
• found in parts which are always used (legs, thighs, wings, neck, and rib cage)

  dark muscles
• found maily in breast, tastier and jucier

  white muscles