Red meat is a word in nutrition, which refers to meat that is red before cooking. Such as pork, beef, mutton, venison, rabbit meat, etc., the meat of mammals is red meat. Red meat contains high saturated fat.

201710127 October, the list of carcinogens published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization was preliminarily sorted out for reference, and red meat (intake) was on the list of Class 2A carcinogens.

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Red meat is rich in iron. Vegetarians and people who don't eat red meat should eat more iron-rich foods. Red meat is also rich in protein, zinc, nicotinic acid, vitamin B 12, thiamine, riboflavin and phosphorus. Vitamins in red meat can also promote human growth and development without raising cholesterol.

Red meat is characterized by coarse and hard muscle fibers and high fat content, especially the saturated fatty acid content is higher than that of white meat. Pork has the highest fat content, followed by mutton and beef. Even in lean meat, there is still a considerable amount of fat, for example, the fat content of pig lean meat is 6.2%, sheep lean meat is 3.9%, and cattle lean meat is 2.3%.

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