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Composition of Nutritive Value of Alaskan Game Meats

(Mammals) 100 Grams

Compiled from latest available tables (see footnotes A, B, U.)

 

Moisture %
Food Energy (Calories)
Protein Gms
Fat Gms
Calcium Mgl
PhosphorusMg
Iron Mg
A Values IU2
Thiamin Mg
Riboflavin Mg
Niacin M
Source of Analysis
Beef, Good Grade 66% lean, 34% fat
54.7
323
16.5
28.0
10
152
2.5
60
.070
.150
4.0
A
Caribou, raw flesh
70.0
120
27.2
1.2
18
280
2.9
187
.182
.520
4.7
U
Moose, raw flesh
72.4
123
25.1
2.5
10
219
2.7
155
.074
.027
5.0
U
Moose, liver
73.5

4.3

96,000

B
Reindeer, raw flesh
70.1
117
26.6
1.2
16
280
2.9
187
.186
.770
4.7
U
Bear, black, raw flesh
71.2
148
18.6
8.2
3
139
6.1
261
.160
.680
3.2
U
Bear, polar, raw flesh
70.3
130
25.6
3.1
17
40
6.1
1,400
.023
.573
4.0
U
Beaver, raw flesh
46.2
408
14.3
39.0
15
262
5.9
176
.061
.310
1.9
U
Beluga, raw flesh
72.5
107
24.5
0.5
7
270
26.6
335
.070
.400
6.8
U
Muskrat (Marsh Hare), raw flesh
73.4
101
22.4
1.3
25
220
7.6
2,820
.095
.372
6.2
U
Oil, salad or cooking
0
884
0
100.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A
Oogruk, raw flesh
69.6
110
26.7
0.4
10
199
11.6
1,400
.168
.267
5.9
A
Rabbit, raw flesh (wild)
73.0
129
21.0
5.0
12
226
3.2

.030
.060
6.5
U
Seal, raw flesh
67.8
143
28.3
33.0
17
245
19.8
1,050
.135
.452
7.0
U
Seal, liver, raw flesh
74.2
115
18.0
3.2
13
285
13.7
36,600
.180
.302
8.4
U
Seal, oil
0
900

4,860

U
Squirrel, ground, raw flesh
75.4
115
10.1
3.8
2
168
4.5
220
.095
.372
6.2
U
Walrus
65.1
200
19.2
13.6
18
122
9.4
550
.180
.346
3.2
U
Whale, Baleen
73.0
110
23.9
1.6
17
212
14.0
330
.138
.550
7.4
U

100 Grams = almost 1/2 cup
1MG = Milligrams (1000 milligrams = 1 gm)
2 IU = International Units
No analysis is available for Buffalo.
A = Table 1, Composition of Foods, 100 Grams, Edible Portion, Handbook No. 8, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1963.

B = Table 87, Composition of Alaskan Foods, 100 Grams, The Alaska Dietary Survey, 1956-1961 by Heller and Scott,U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1967.

U = Unpublished manuscripts by Christine Heller, Nutritionist, Arctic Health Research Center, U.S. Department HEW,Anchorage, Alaska.

 

 

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