Although it can depend upon the culture or cuisine, white meat is typically identified as poultry (hen as well as turkey), while red meat generally describes beef, pork, and lamb. The biggest difference in between the two is fat material. read more
As of today the US Department of Agriculture consider pork with less than 65% myoglobin as a white meat since red meats – notably beef, lamb, which are red when cooked, but also pork, which is white when cooked – are often considered unhealthy, the United States National Pork Board used the advertising slogan “Pork. read more
Duck and other water birds are waterfowl, not poultry. Turkey and chicken meat, as well as many other land based birds meat share the name. Like beef for cow and pork for pig, it's derived from French. read more