100% pasture-fed beef a source of beneficial omega-3
17 February 2021 |
Certified farmers could make a nutritional claim when selling their beef following the study
Certified grass-fed beef could be recognised legally as a 'source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids' following new research.
The study, published in the scientific journal
Future Foods, is the first record of the benefit from cattle fed 100% forage diets throughout their entire life.
It found that grass-fed beef had more than 40mg long-chain omega-3 per 100g of the meat.
According to the study, farmers could make a nutritional claim when selling their beef as it qualifies as a ‘source for omega-3 fatty acids’ under European Food Standards.