Beef and horse - meat in comparison
In Germany, the consumption of horse meat is not widespread.
In Germany, the consumption of horse meat is not widespread. But this is not due to the nutritional value of the meat for man. Horsemeat is similar in composition and appearance to beef, but there are some interesting differences. The values are recorded in the federal food key, which is maintained by the Max Rubner Institute and contains 15.000 nutrient information for all 130 foods and meals.Horse meat is much lower in energy than beef. For every 100 gram, the difference is in 195 kilojoules. The main reason for this are the differences in fat content. While beef has an average of about 8,5 grams of fat per 100 gram of meat, the horse has only around 2,7 grams. The composition of the fat is more nutritionally favorable in the horse: Horse meat contains clearly less saturated fatty acids than beef (beef: 3,7 gram per 100 gram of meat, horse: 1 gram per 100 gram). By contrast, horsemeat contains more unsaturated fatty acids (horse: 570 milligrams per 100 gram, beef: 395 milligrams per 100 gram).