ok..another ground meat question

ok...when I first ate ground bison (aka buffalo)..I was told that it was so much healthier than ground beef..less fat/calories etc...

but the other day I just decided to do a comparison...I never eat anything fattier than 90%lean 10% fat..so I did the comparison of 90/10 ground beef to the kind of ground bison that I buy @ the supermarket (great range)..and it is almost exactly the same..yes I have the raw cooked thing figured out and this is accurate as well...I did both for 4oz of the raw meat...for that amount, the bison is like maybe 10-12 calories less and 30mg less cholesterol and sodium and like 0.2 grams less fat... and a lot of the time I buy 93/7 at the store, so if the 90/10 is the same, I think that would make the 93/7 LESS than the bison?

maybe the person that told me that meant it was healthier than the fattier ground beef?

did I get dooped by the healthy bison thing? am I really being healthier by eating it? or do I have my facts wrong (which I don't think I do). has anyone else misinterpreted the healthy bison claim??

I really only eat red meat one every couple weeks, and I only like burgers, not steaks, roasts, etc so it is not a big issue, I was just curious...

What was the cow eating during its life and what was the bison eating?

The bison meat I get says that they are grass fed (granted, who knows what portion of their life that has to be true for to make that statement).

I can guarantee that the store-brand beef comes from a corn-fed cow.

Remember, calories, grams of fat, and sodium are not the full story.

Are you comparing "Apples to apples"? By that I mean just like there are different cuts of beef there are different cuts of buffalo. So it's not really fair to compare an ultra lean cut of beef to a fattier cut of Bison. For the same cut Bison will have less fat then Beef.

A comparison chart (might be biased): http://www.bisoncentral.com/index.php?c=67&am p;d=99&a=1056&w=2&r=Y

UD

Original Post by amethystgirl:

What was the cow eating during its life and what was the bison eating?

^This. 

Here are some stats for you:

3.5 ounces of GRAIN FINISHED BISON = 143 Calories

3.5 ounces of GRASS FINISHED BISON = 103 Calories

**The way the buffalo is "finished" really makes a heck of a difference - not just in calories though but in the amount and type of fat as well! Stick to the grass finished bison - it's just as healthy as wild Alaskan salmon!

Oh and if you were curious about other grass finished red meats...

3.5 ounces of GRASS FINISHED ELK = 142 Calories

3.5 ounces of GRASS FINISHED LAMB = 146 Calories

3.5 ounces of GRASS FINISHED BEEF = 113 Calories

What the heck does "finished" mean?

Original Post by madamq:

What the heck does "finished" mean?

 

It is the same thing as grass fed, it was fed grass diet right up to being killed.

UD

Original Post by madamq:

What the heck does "finished" mean?

 

The reason why it's important to look for "finished" if you are in the market for grass-fed meat is because all cows are grass fed... before they move to the feeding lot. So a lot of companies will say "grass fed" even if the cows spent most of their time indoors eating corn and antibiotics.

"Grass finished" or "100% grass fed" are what to look for.

wow that is really interesting...thanks..I saw food inc. and know eating grass fed meat is much healthier, but I did not know it made that much of a difference in calories/fat content....thanks for all the input guys!